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
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Genus
Neastrida
Fain, 1962
Neastrida
Fain, 1962a
: 9
.
Type species:
Astrida parrae
Fain, 1956
by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Palps with 2 segments. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal shield present. Propodonotal region with 5 pairs of setae (
se
absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of setae (
h2
absent). Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1 pair of setae. Setae
1a
,
3a
and
4a
present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–3, genua 4–4–2–2, tibiae 5–3– 3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I–IV normally developed.
Remarks.
The monotypic genus associated with birds of the order
Charadriiformes
and recorded in the Afrotropical region (
Fain 1956d
,
1963d
).