A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region Author Skoracki, Maciej Author Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Author Marciniak, Natalia Author Marciniak, Martyna text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-05 4403 3 401 440 journal article 30335 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 88bca5aa-d612-4ca7-9c2b-a6eb82b280e6 1175-5326 1212849 EBC0B6E0-7308-47F4-A10F-1AF8D012AD11 Neoboydaia philomachi (Fain, 1956) Boydaia philomachi Fain, 1956a : 41 , 1956c: 27 , fig. 1, 1962e: 300, fig. 6. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Boydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi , Fain 1958b : 177 . Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi , Fain 1962a : 7 , 1963d: 18 , 1964b: 141. Neoboydaia philomachi , Clark 1964 : 16 , fig. 2; Domrow 1965 : 43 , 1969: 388; Fain & Aitken 1968 : 84 ; Pence 1973a: 364, 1973c: 884, 885, 891; Fain 1985b : 254 , fig. 16. Neoboydaia philomachi eroliae , Fain & Hyland 1970: 42, 1975: 204 ; Zabludovskaya 1998: 48. Neoboydaia philomachi thalasseus , Fain & Hyland 1975: 204 . Type host: Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) ( Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae ) from Rwanda. Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Na-type and 1 Sd-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae n Na-type, m Sd-type. All dorsal setae Da-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Coxal setae I and II Da-type, III Na-type. Setae 1a Da-type, 3a and 4a Na-type. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ag1–2 and ps1 Na-type, g1–3 and ps2 Da-type. Coxa IV without setae; femur I with 5 setae, femur II with 4 setae. Hosts and distribution. Charadriiformes (Scolopacidae) : Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) and Tringa glaerOla Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a , 1956c , 1963d ). Non-African hosts and distribution. Scolopacidae : Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) from Trinidad and Tobago ( Fain & Aitken 1968 ), Mexico and USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) from Canada (Fain & Hyland 1975), Calidris melanOtOs (Vieillot) from USA ( Clark 1964 ), C. minutilla (Vieillot) from USA and Mexico (Fain & Hyland 1975), C. pugnax (Linnaeus) from Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), GallinagO gallinagO (Linnaeus) from USA (Pence 1973a) and Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), LimnOdrOmus griseus (Gmelin) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), L. scOlOpaceus (Say) from USA (Pence 1973a), LimOsa lappOnica (Linnaeus) from Australia ( Domrow 1965 ), Tringa flavipes (Gmelin) and T. melanOleuca (Gmelin) from USA ( Clark 1964 ), and Tringa sOlitaria Wilson from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975). Laridae : Sterna hirundO Linnaeus and Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975).