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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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.