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
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-05
4403
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Genus
Ophthalmognathus
Dubinin, 1957
Ophthalmognathus
Dubinin, 1957
: 66
.
Neospeleognathus
,
Fain 1958b
: 178
.
Type species:
Ophthalmognathus dogieli
Dubinin, 1957
by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Palps with 2 segments. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal shield absent. Propodonotal region with 5 pairs of setae (
se
absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of smooth setae (
h2
absent). Agenital, genital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Setae
1a
,
3a
and
4a
present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2– 1–1–0, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6(5)–4–3–3(2), genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I–IV normally developed.
Remarks.
Representatives of this genus are associated with birds of the order
Pelecaniformes
and recorded in the Afrotropical, Australian, Nearctic, and Palaearctic regions (
Fain 1955b
,
1956a
;
Dubinin 1957
;
Domrow 1969
,
1991
; Fain & Goff 1980). This genus includes two species; both of them are recorded in the Afrotropical region:
OphthalmOgnathus schOutedeni
(Fain, 1955)
and
O. tenOriae
Fain and Goff, 1980
.