A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Schmidt, Karl-Heinz
Author
Marciniak, Natalia
Author
Marciniak, Martyna
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-05
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3
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Boydaia saxicolae
Fain, 1969
Boydaia saxicolae
Fain, 1969
: 370
, fig. 3, 1971: 98, 102, 108, fig. 4. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Type host:
Saxicola torquatus axillaris
(Shelley)
(
Passeriformes
:
Muscicapidae
) from Rwanda.
Diagnosis.
Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae
ve
present. Setae
vi
situated posterior to level of setae
si
. Sensillae SEa-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–0, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 7–4–3–3, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. Claws of legs I–IV without basal angles. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claw pair of leg I unequal, antaxial sharp-ended, paraxial blunt-ended.
Hosts and distribution.
Passeriformes (Muscicapidae)
:
MOnticOla angOlensis
de Sousa from
Rwanda
[
Southern
Prov., Akanyaru]
,
MyrmecOcichla nigra
(Vieillot)
from
Rwanda
[
Southern
Prov., Butare], and
SaxicOla tOrquatus axillaris
(Shelley)
from
Rwanda
[
Southern
Prov., Butare, Akanyaru and
Western
Prov., Cyangugu] (
Fain 1969
).