A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
text
Zootaxa
2016
2016-05-19
4113
1
1
95
journal article
39032
10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1
80c5d033-a100-47c9-afad-53ff7fcf37a4
1175-5326
271508
8B8CDC5A-304F-407F-A06F-F350F916DCD1
Picobia oritis
Skoracki, Antczak and Riegert, 2009
(
Figs. 38
G–I)
Picobia oritis
Skoracki
et al
., 2009: 133
, figs. 15–25;
Klimovicova
et al
. 2014: 258
.
Types
deposited in AMU, RMCA and ZISP, examined.
Type
host:
Cyanomitra oritis
(Reichenow)
(
Passeriformes
:
Nectariniidae
).
Type
locality:
Cameroon
.
Additional material.
One female (PF) from
Cinnyris chalybeus
(Linnaeus)
(
Passeriformes
:
Nectariniidae
),
SOUTH AFRICA
:
20 August 1955
, coll. F. J. R. Junor, specimen in FMNH.
Host range and distribution.
Stenoxenous species associated with the sunbirds (
Passeriformes
:
Nectariniidae
):
Cinnyris chalybeus
(Linnaeus)
[
new host
] from
South Africa
(present paper),
C. erythrocercus
(Hartlaub)
from
Uganda
,
C. talatala
Smith
from
Botswana
and
Zambia
,
C. oustaleti
(Bocage)
from
Angola
,
C. venustus
(Shaw)
from
Somalia
(
Klimovicova
et al
. 2014
),
Cyanomitra olivacea
(Smith)
from
Kenya
(
Skoracki
et al
. 2011
), and
C. oritis
(Reichenow)
from
Cameroon
(
Skoracki
et al
. 2009
).