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 text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-05 4403 3 401 440 journal article 30335 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 88bca5aa-d612-4ca7-9c2b-a6eb82b280e6 1175-5326 1212849 EBC0B6E0-7308-47F4-A10F-1AF8D012AD11 Boydaia hirundoae Fain, 1956 Boydaia hirundoae Fain, 1956b : 661 , figs. 25–28; Fain & Aitken 1968 : 81 ; Domrow 1969 : 381 ; Fain & Hyland 1970: 40; Pence 1973a: 365, 1973c: 887 (as hirundinis ). Holotype in RMCA, examined. Boydaia (Boydaia) hirundoae , Fain 1958b : 180 , 1960a: 114 , 1963d: 56, 67, 77, figs. 27, 40, 1971: 100, 109, figs. 22–23; 1977: 393. Type host: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Hirundinidae ) from Rwanda. Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si . Sensillae SEd-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–2–0, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–3, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on tibia and genu of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial claw pair of leg I sharp-ended and slightly longer than blunt-ended paraxial claw. Hosts and distribution. Passeriformes (Hirundinidae) : HirundO rustica Linnaeus from Rwanda [ Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1958b ) and from South Africa [Johannesburg] ( Fain, 1960a ), H. aethiOpica Blanford from Cameroon [ Far North Prov., Yagoua] ( Fain et al. 1977 ). Non-African hosts and distribution. Hirundinidae : HirundO neOxena (Gould) from Australia ( Domrow 1965 ), H. rustica Linnaeus from USA (Pence 1973a), PetrOchelidOn ariel (Gould) from Australia ( Domrow 1969 ), PrOgne subis (Linnaeus) from Mexico (Fain & Hyland 1970), StelgidOpteryx ruficOllis (Vieillot) from Trinidad and Tobago ( Fain & Aitken 1968 ). Remark. Bird species CecrOpis abyssinica unitatis (Sclater and Mackworth-Pread) from Rwanda ( Fain 1958b ) is currently a host of BOydaia cecrOpis Fain, 1969 .