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
3
401
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni
(Fain, 1955)
(
Fig. 7
)
Speleognathus schoutedeni
Fain, 1955b
: 695
, 1956a: 18
, figs. 1–4, 22, 1962e: 301, fig. 8. Holotype in RMCA, examined.
Speleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni
,
Fain 1958b
: 178
, 179.
Ophthalmognathus dogieli
Dubinin, 1957
: 57
;
Domrow 1969
: 392
.
Trispeleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni
,
Fain 1963d
: 23
.
Neoboydaia (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni
,
Fain 1962a
: 7
, 1963c: 61
, 1963d: 23, fig. 34.
Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni
,
Domrow 1969
: 392
; Fain & Goff 1980: 506; Fain 1985: 147. Type host:
Ardeola idae
Hartlaub
(
Pelecaniformes
:
Ardeidae
) from Rwanda.
Diagnosis.
Palp tarsus with 2 setae (Na-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae
n
Na-type,
m
Db-type. Propodonotal shield absent but small network of lines on cuticle between sensillary bases present. Sensillae
si
SC-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Db-type. Femur I with 5 setae, femur IV with 2 setae.
Host and distribution.
Pelecaniformes (Ardeidae)
:
ArdeOla idae
Hartlaub
from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (
Fain 1956a
).
Non-African host and distribution.
Ardeidae
:
NycticOrax
caledOnicus
(Gmelin) from Australia (
Domrow 1969
).