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 Neopicobia Skoracki, 2011 Neopicobia Skoracki, 2011: 383 . Type species: Picobia anthi Fritsch, 1958 , by original designation. FIGURE 23. Lawrencipicobia poicephali ( Skoracki and Dabert, 2002 ) , female ( A–D ). A, apodemes I and II; B, peritreme; C, solenidia of leg I; D, opisthosoma in ventral view. Male ( E ). E, genito-anal region. Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex tapering. Peritremes mouth-shaped, lateral branches short and with illvisible chambers in most species. Setae vi situated anterior to level of setae ve . Propodonotal shield entire, bearing setae vi , ve , si , c1 and se or divided into 2 narrow lateral sclerites (bearing bases of setae si and se ), and unpaired large medial sclerite (bearing bases of setae vi , ve and c1 ). Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a separated. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs. Genital setae absent. Apodemes I without thorn-like protuberances. Solenidia phi ( φ ) on tibiae I absent. Physogastric form with weakly enlarged idiosoma , bulb-shaped in outline. MALE. Features as in females except: genital setal series represented by 2 pairs. Species included. Ten species: N. anthi ( Fritsch, 1958 ) , N. cardinalis ( Skoracki et al ., 2010 ) , N. carpodacus ( Skoracki et al ., 2010 ) , N. ea Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 , N. freya Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 , N. hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 2014 , N. ictericus ( Skoracki and Glowska, 2010 ) comb. nov. , N. modularis ( Skoracki and Magowski, 2001 ) , N. pari sp. nov. , and N. troglodytes ( Skoracki et al ., 2010 ) . Host range. Passeriformes : Cardinalidae , Fringillidae , Icteridae , Motacillidae , Paridae , Parulidae , Prunellidae , Troglodytidae . Piciformes : Picidae . Distribution. Nearctic ( USA ), Neotropical ( Brazil , Paraguay , Peru , Venezuela ); Palaearctic ( Finland , Germany , Macedonia, Mongolia , Poland , Slovakia ), Panamanian ( Panama ), Sino-Japanese ( China , Japan ) and Afrotropical ( Guyana , Tanzania , Kenya ) and Australian regions. Remarks. This genus can be divided onto two major species groups. In the species belonging to the “ freya group ”, the females have a well developed pair of hysteronotal shields bearing bases of setae d1 and e2 ; the pygidial shield is large, massive and additionally can posses pygidial wing-shaped lobes (e.g. N. hepburni ); a pair of agenital plates is elongated and fused (e.g. N. ea ) or not with the genital plate. This group includes three species: N. ea , N. freya and N. hepburni , all of them are associated with birds of the order Piciformes . In females of the second species group “ anthi ”, the hysteronotal shields is reduced to small sclerites surrounded bases of setae d2 or absent (in most species); the agenital and genital plates are absent. This species group includes six species: N. anthi , N. cardinalis , N. carpodacus , N. ictericus comb. nov. , N. modularis , N. pari sp. nov. , and N. troglodytes , all of them are associated with birds of the order Passeriformes .