Harpyrhynchoides vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004

Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the zumpti species group of the genus Harpyrhynchoides (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — ectoparasites of passerines, Zootaxa 3884 (5), pp. 401-418 : 409

Harpyrhynchoides vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004

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Harpyrhynchoides vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004: 27 , figs. 1–5, 8–10; Skoracki et al. 2012: i19.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Palp femoragenu with weak lateral notches. Palpalae l”G 1.1–1.3 times longer than dF. Body, including gnathosoma, 370–400 long. Setae h2 100–135 long. Vulva without long lateral folds. Genua I and II with 3 setae (v ” absent). Apical segment of legs III with 5 setae, apical segment of legs IV with 4 setae.

Type material. Holotype female ( CNCI, type no. 22827) from Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin) ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ), CANADA: Manitoba, Winnipeg, 20 May 2001, coll. T.D. Galloway and D. Holder ( PUFI /241/ CEN /01).

Type deposition. CNCI.

Hosts and distribution. This species is known only from the type host, Haemorhous purpureus (Fringillidae) from North America ( Bochkov & Galloway 2004; see Table 1 ). Its record on Setophaga ruticilla ( Bochkov & Galloway 2004) belongs to separate species, H. setophaga sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Harpyrhynchoides spp., details of females. A—palp in dorsal view of H. rubeculinus (Cerny and Sixl, 1971); B—palp in dorsal view of H. vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004; H. alaudinus Bochkov; 2000 (C, D): C—palp in dorsal view; D—vulva; E—palp in dorsal view of H. heatherae Bochkov and Galloway, 2013.