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 Genus Picobia Haller, 1878 Picobia Haller, 1878: 93 ; Kethley 1970: 64 ; Skoracki 2011: 327 . Type species: Picobia heeri Haller, 1878 by monotypy. Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex varriable in shape, bumpy, flat, rounded or tapering. Peritremes M-shaped. Setae vi and ve situated at same transverse level or setae vi situated posterior to level of setae ve . Propodonotal shield present or absent, if present, divided longitudinally, forming 2 narrow shields bearing bases of setae ve , si and se or only ve and si , unpaired medial propodonotal shield present or absent. Opisthonotal lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a coalesced. Pseudanal series represented by 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 1 pair of setae. Genital lobes present or absent. Apodemes I with 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: genital series with 2 pair of setae. FIGURE 28. Phipicobia pygiptilae Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 , female. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view. FIGURE 29. Phipicobia pygiptilae Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 , female. A, gnathosoma in ventral view; B, peritreme; C, propodonotal seta si ; D, proximal end of movable cheliceral digit; E, solenidia of leg I; F, tarsus III in ventral view; G, apodemes I and II; H, opisthosoma in ventral view. Species included. 40 species: P. b i a r m i c u s Skoracki et al ., 2004 , P. caudati Skoracki and Hebda, 2004 , P. cetti Skoracki, 2011 , P. c h l o r i s Bochkov et al ., 2000 , P. cichladusa Skoracki et al ., 2012 , P. cissa Skoracki et al ., 2004 , P. currucae Skoracki and Magowski, 2001 , P. corcoracus Skoracki et al ., 2008 , P. dinemellia Glowska and Skoracki, 2011 , P. dryobatis ( Fritsch, 1958 ) , P. dziabaszewski Glowska et al ., 2012 , P. echo Skoracki et al ., 2012 , P. eremophila Skoracki, 2011 , P. galerida Skoracki, 2011 , P. heeri Haller, 1878 , P. hylocichlae Skoracki et al ., 2014 , P. illadopsae Skoracki and Hromada, 2013 , P. indonesiana Skoracki and Glowska, 2008 , P. lamprotornis Klimovicova et al ., 2014 , P. l e m i Skoracki et al ., 2008 , P. lonchura sp. nov. , P. m a k o l i sp. nov. , P. mentalis Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 , P. magellani sp. nov. , P. myiopagi Glowska and Milensky, 2014 , P. myrmecocichla Skoracki et al ., 2012 , P. ochoi Glowska and Milensky, 2014 , P. oritis Skoracki et al ., 2009 , P. paludicola Skoracki and Kiljan, 2002 , P. passeri Skoracki and Sikora, 2014 , P. phoeniculi Fain et al ., 2000 , P. phoenicuri Skoracki and Hromada, 2013 , P. ploceus Klimovicova et al ., 2014 , P. psaltriparus Skoracki et al ., 2010 , P. pycnonoti Glowska et al ., 2007 , P. riparius Skoracki, 2011 , P. sayornis Glowska, 2014 , P. schmidti Glowska and Milensky, 2014 , P. sturni Skoracki et al ., 2004 , and P. troglodytidus Sikora and Skoracki, 2012 . Host range. Passeriformes : Aegithalidae , Alaudidae , Corcoracidae , Corvidae , Estrildidae , Fringillidae , Furnariidae , Hirundinidae , Leiothrichidae , Muscicapidae , Nectariniidae , Panuridae , Paradisaeidae , Passeridae , Pellorneidae , Ploceidae , Pycnonotidae , Rhinocryptidae , Sturnidae , Sylviidae , Thamnophilidae , Troglodytidae , Turdidae , Tyrannidae . Piciformes : Picidae . Coraciiformes: Phoeniculidae , Upupidae . Distribution. Afrotropical ( Angola , Botswana , Cameroon , D. R. Congo, Ethiopia , Kenya , Namibia , Rwanda , Somalia , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia ), Australian ( Australia ), Nearctic ( USA ), Neotropical ( Colombia , Equador , Guyana , Paraguay , Peru , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Venezuela ), Oceanian (Indonesia— Archipelago Java, New Guinea ), Oriental ( India , Indonesia—Sumatra, Malaysia , Philippines , Thailand ), Palaearctic ( Bosnia and Herzegowina , England , Germany , Kazakhstan , Kirghizia , Macedonia, Moldova , Nepal , Poland , Russia , Slovakia , Switzerland , Turkey ), Panamanian ( Costa Rica ), Saharo-Arabian ( Egypt , Iran , Jordan , Morocco , Tunisia ), and Sino-Japanese ( China , Japan ) regions.