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
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journal article
30335
10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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1175-5326
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Boydaia buphagi
Fain, 1961
Boydaia buphagi
Fain, 1961a
: 58
, fig. 18, 19, 22, 1963d: 56, 66, 76, fig. 16, 1971: 100, 104, fig. 17. Holotype in RMCA, examined.
Type host:
Buphagus africanus
Linnaeus
(
Passeriformes
:
Buphagidae
) from Rwanda.
Diagnosis.
Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae
ve
present. Setae
vi
situated posterior to level of setae
si
.
Sensillae rod-like. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1 pair of setae. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws of leg I long, subequal, and sharp-ended.
Host and distribution.
Passeriformes (Buphagidae)
:
Buphagus africanus
Linnaeus
from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (
Fain 1961a
).