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
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3
401
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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Metaboydaia poffei
(Fain, 1955)
(
Fig. 4
)
Speleognathus poffei
Fain, 1955b
: 695
, 1956a: 23
, figs. 7–8, 24. Holotype in RMCA, examined.
Speleognathus (Neospeleognathus) poffei
,
Fain 1958b
: 178
.
Neoboydaia (Metaboydaia) poffei
,
Fain 1962a
: 7
.
Trispeleognathus (Neospeleognathus) poffei
,
Fain 1963d
: 24
.
Metaboydaia poffei
,
Fain 1985a
: 149
.
Type hosts:
Scopus umbretta
Gmelin
(
Pelecaniformes
:
Scopidae
) from Rwanda.
Diagnosis.
Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Be-type and 1 BDa-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae BDa-type. Sensillae
si
SC-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxae) BDa-type.
Hosts and distribution.
Coraciiformes (Coracidae)
:
COracias caudata caudata
Linnaeus
from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] (
Fain 1956a
).
Pelecaniformes (Scopidae)
:
ScOpus umbretta
Gmelin
from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare, Akanyaru, Gisagara] (
Fain 1956a; present paper
).
New material examined.
Two females from
ScOpus umbretta
Gmelin
(
Pelecaniformes
:
Scopidae
),
RWANDA:
Southern Prov., Gisagara,
8 March 1968
, coll. A. Fain; specimens deposited in the RBINS.