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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Rafapicobia ramphastos
(
Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000
)
comb. nov.
(
Fig. 59
)
Picobia ramphastos
Fain
et al
., 2000: 65
, figs. 97–102.
Types
deposited in RBINS, RMCA and ZISP, examined.
Type
host:
Ramphastos
sulfuratus
Lesson
(
Piciformes
:
Ramphastidae
).
Type
locality:
Guatemala
.
Redescription.
FEMALE (
3 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, concave on anterior margin. Setae
vi
,
ve
and
si
strongly beaded. Setae
c1
and
se
situated at same transverse level. Hysteronotal shield absent. Pygidial shield densely punctate. Agenital and genital plates absent. Setae
ag2
short. Pseudanal setae thin and minute. Coxal fields I–IV apunctate.
Legs
. Claws of legs III–IV equal in size.
Measurements
. Total body length 585–620. Length of stylophore 150–155. Lengths of setae:
vi
40–45,
ve
80–90,
si
80–90,
se
130–150,
c1
190–200,
c2
160–175;
d1
105–120,
d2
180–190,
e2
145–170,
f1
15–20,
f2
35–45,
h1
7–10,
h2
395–410,
ps1
,
ps2
and
g1
10,
ag1
130–155,
ag2
15–20,
ag3
125–135,
tc’III–IV
30–35,
tc”III–IV
55–60,
l’RIII
15–20,
3b
25,
3c
70– 80. Length ratios of setae:
vi
:
ve
:
si
1:1.7–1.8:1.8–2,
d1
:
d2
:
e2
1
:1.6–1.7:1.4,
f1
:
f2
1:2.2–2.3,
f1
:
h1
2:1,
ag1
:
ag2
:
ag3
7.2–12.8:1:6.5–8.3,
3b
:
3c
1:2.8–3.2,
tc’III–IV
:
tc”III–IV
1:1.7–1.8.
FIGURE 57.
Rafapicobia brotogeris
(
Fain
et al
., 2000
)
comb. nov.
, female.
A,
dorsal view;
B,
ventral view.
FIGURE 58.
Rafapicobia brotogeris
(
Fain
et al
., 2000
)
comb. nov.
, female.
A,
hypostomal apex;
B,
peritreme;
C,
seta
si
;
D,
solenidia of leg I;
E,
tarsus III;
F,
opisthosoma in ventral view. Male (
G, H
).
G,
dorsal view;
H,
opisthosoma in ventral view.
MALE. Unknown.
Type material examined.
Three female
paratypes
from
Ramphastos
sulfuratus
Lesson
(
Piciformes
:
Ramphastidae
)
,
GUATEMALA
: this bird died in the Zoo of Antwerp (Belgium),
7 March 2967
, coll.
A. Fain
, all material in
RBINS
.
Additional material.
Five females
from
Ramphastos
vietellinus
Lichtenstein
(
Piciformes
:
Ramphastidae
)
,
BRAZIL
:
Para
,
Rio Acara
,
21 August 1910
, coll.
L. Mueller
, all material in
AMU
and
ZSM
.
Host range and distribution.
Oligoxenous species associated with the toucans of the genus
Ramphastos
(
Piciformes
:
Ramphastidae
):
R. sulfuratus
Lesson
from
Guatemala
(
Fain
et al
. 2000
) and
R. vietellinus
Lichtenstein
[
new host
] from
Brazil
(present paper).