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 Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995: 82 ; Skoracki 2011: 373 . Picobia , Bochkov & Mironov 1998: 15 . Type species: Columbiphilus khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 , by original designation. Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex variable in shape. Peritremes V-shaped. Setae vi situated anterior to level of setae ve . Propodonotal shield divided into 2 wide lateral shields, bearing bases of setae vi , ve , si and se , unpaired medial shield present or absent. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a coalesced. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs. Genital series with 1 pair of setae. Apodemes I without thorn-like protuberances. Legs with full complement of solenidia. Physogastric form with distinctly enlarged idiosoma , variable in shape. MALE. Features as in females except: propodonotal shield entire or divided into 3 sclerites; genital setal series represented by 2 pairs. Species included. Four species: C. alectoris ( Fain et al ., 2000 ) , C. khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 , C. odontophoridus Skoracki and Sikora, 2011 , and C. pteroclesi ( Skoracki and OConnor, 2010 ). Host range. Galliformes : Numididae , Phasianidae , Odontophoridae . Pteroclidiformes : Pteroclididae . Distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa , Rwanda and undefined precisely localities in Central and Eastern Africa), Nearctic ( USA ), Neotropical ( Colombia , Surinam ), Oriental ( India ), Palaearctic ( Afghanistan , Belgium , France , Germany , Poland ), Saharo-Arabian ( Egypt ), and Sino-Jappanese ( Japan ) regions.