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 Genus Picinyssus Fain, 1969 Picinyssus Fain, 1969 : 369 . Type species: Picinyssus buccanodon Fain, 1969 by original designation. Diagnosis. Palps with 1 segment. Hypostome without setae. Propodonotal shield present. Propodonotal region with 5 pairs of setae ( vi absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of setae ( h2 absent). Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 2 pair of setae. Setae 1a , 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–0, trochanters 0–0–0–0, femora 5–3–2–1, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I–IV normally developed. Remark. The monotypic genus associated with birds of the order Piciformes and recorded in the Afrotropical region ( Fain 1969 ).