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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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Boydaia zosteropis
Fain, 1963
Boydaia zosteropis
Fain, 1963d
: 43
, 59, fig. 39, 1970: 320;
Domrow 1969
: 381
. Holotype in RMCA, examined.
Boydaia (Boydaia) zosteropis
,
Fain 1971
: 100
, 110, fig. 10.
Type host:
Zosterops senegalensis stuhlmanni
Reichenow
(
Passeriformes
:
Zosteropidae
) 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 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws of leg I long, subequal, and sharp-ended.
Host and distribution.
Passeriformes (Zosteropidae)
:
ZOsterOps senegalensis stuhlmanni
Reichenow
(=
Z. s. scOtti
) from Rwanda [Eastern Prov., Cyangugu, Rugege forest] (
Fain 1963d
).
Non-African hosts and distribution.
Zosteropidae
:
ZOsterOps lateralis
(Latham)
from Australia (
Domrow 1969
).