A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-05-19
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1
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Genus
Pipicobia
Glowska and Schmidt, 2014
Pipicobia
Glowska and Schmidt, 2014a: 58
.
Type
species:
Picobia locustella
Skoracki, Bochkov and Wauthy, 2004
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. Hypostomal apex tapering. Peritremes mouth-shaped. 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 with setae
si
,
se
, and unpaired medial large sclerite with setae
vi
,
ve
,
c1
. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae
1a
separated. Each pseudanal and genital setal series represented by 1 pair. Apodemes I with small thorn-like protuberances. Solenidia phi (
φ
) on tibiae I absent. Physogastric form with weakly enlarged
idiosoma
, bulb-shaped in outline.
MALE. Unknown.
Species included.
Four species:
Pipicobia glossopsitta
(
Skoracki
et al
., 2008
)
,
P. locustella
(
Skoracki
et al
., 2004
)
,
P. pyrrholaemus
(
Skoracki and Glowska, 2008
)
and
P. terpsiphoni
Glowska and Schmidt, 2014
.
Host
range.
Passeriformes
(
Acanthizidae
,
Locustellidae
,
Monarchidae
) and
Psittaciformes (Psittaculidae)
.
Distribution.
Afrotropical (
Gabon
), Palaearctic (
Poland
), and Australian (
Australia
) regions.