A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-05-19
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Genus
Gunabopicobia
Skoracki and Hromada, 2013
Gunabopicobia
Skoracki and Hromada, 2013: 196
.
Type
species:
Picobia zumpti
Lawrence, 1959
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. Hypostomal apex bumpy. Peritremes V-shaped. Setae
vi
situated anterior to level of setae
ve
. Propodonotal shield divided into 2 wide lateral shields bearing bases of setae
vi
,
ve
,
si
and
se
, and large unpaired medial shield bearing bases of setae
c1
. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae
1a
coalesced. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs. Genital setae absent. Apodemes I without thorn-like protuberances. Legs with full complement of solenidia. Physogastric form with distinctly enlarged
idiosoma
, worm-shaped in outline.
MALE. Features as in females except: peritremes M-shaped; propodonotal shield entire, bearing bases of all propodonotal setae except
c2
; genital setal series represented by 2 pairs.
Species included.
Two species:
G. masalaje
Kaszewska
et al
., 2014
and
G. zumpti
(
Lawrence, 1959
)
.
Host
range.
Columbiformes
:
Columbidae
.
Distribution.
Afrotropical (
South Africa
), Nearctic (
USA
), Oceanian (
Papua New Guinea
), Oriental (
Indonesia
), and Palaearctic (
Poland
) regions.