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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1
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Rafapicobia brotogeris
(
Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 57
,
58
)
Picobia brotogeris
Fain
et al
., 2000: 62
, figs. 90–94.
Types
deposited in RBINS, examined.
Type
host:
Brotogeris
cyanoptera
(Pelzeln) (
Psittaciformes
:
Psittacidae
).
Type
locality:
Brasil
.
Redescription.
FEMALE (
holotype
and
2 paratypes
).
Gnathosoma
. Infracapitulum apunctate. Each medial branch of peritremes with 4–6 chambers, each lateral branch with ill-visible borders between chambers. Movable cheliceral digit edentate on proximal end. Stylophore apunctate.
Idiosoma
. Propodonotal shield entire, punctate, slightly concave on anterior margin. Setae
vi
,
ve
and
si
strongly beaded. Setae
c1
and
se
situated at same transverse level. Two hysteronotal shields apunctate. Pygidial shield apunctate. Agenital and genital plates absent. Setae
ag2
short, situated posterior to setae
ag1
. Pseudanal setae thin and minute. Coxal fields I–IV apunctate.
Legs
. Claws of legs III–IV equal in size.
Measurements
. Total body length 455–595. Length of stylophore 140–150. Lengths of setae:
vi
30,
ve
85,
si
100,
se
160–175,
c2
150–190;
d1
165,
d2
135–140,
e2
160–180,
f1
15–25,
f2
30–35,
h1
15,
ps1
,
ps2
and
g1
5,
ag1
110,
ag2
5,
ag3
130–140,
tc’III–IV
35–40,
tc”III–IV
75,
l’RIII
25–35,
3b
35,
3c
75. Length ratios of setae:
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:2.8:3.3,
d1
:
d2
:
e2
1.2
:1:1.3,
f1
:
f2
1:1.2–1.4,
f1
:
h1
1.7:1,
ag1
:
ag2
:
ag3
>20:1:>20,
3b
:
3c
1:2,
tc’III–IV
:
tc”III–IV
1:1.5–2.
MALE (
1 paratype
).
Gnathosoma
. Infracapitulum apunctate. Each medial branch of peritremes with 5 chambers, each lateral branch with ill-visible borders between chambers. Stylophore apunctate.
Idiosoma
. Propodonotal shield entire, punctate. Setae
vi
,
ve
and
si
lightly beaded. Setae
c1
and
se
situated at same transverse level. Hysteronotal shield entire, punctate bearing setae
d1
and
e2
. Pygidial shield apunctate. Two agenital plates apunctate, bearing bases of setae
ag1
. All coxal fields apunctate.
Measurements
. Total body length 335. Lengths of setae:
se
50,
c2
45,
c1
55,
h2
15,
ag1
20, other setae
vi
,
ve
,
si
,
d1
,
d2
,
e2
,
f2
,
ag2
about 10.
Type material examined.
Female
holotype
,
2 female
and
1 male
paratypes
from
Brotogeris
cyanoptera
(Pelzeln) (
Psittaciformes
:
Psittacidae
)
,
BRAZIL
:
Upper Amazonia
, this bird died in the Zoo of Antwerp,
24 April 1966
, coll.
A. Fain
, all material in
RBINS
.
Host range.
Monoxenous species associated with
Brotogeris
cyanoptera
(Pelzeln) (
Psittaciformes
:
Psittacidae
) in
Brazil
(
Fain
et al
. 2000
).