Picobia dinemellia Glowska and Skoracki, 2011

Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), Zootaxa 4113 (1), pp. 1-95 : 60-61

Picobia dinemellia Glowska and Skoracki, 2011

( Figs. 46 E, F)

Picobia dinemellia Glowska and Skoracki, 2011: 64 , figs. 6–18. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Type host: Dinemellia dinemelli Ruppell ( Passeriformes : Ploceidae ). Type locality: unknown.

Host range and distribution. Monoxenous species inhabiting Dinemellia dinemelli Ruppell ( Passeriformes : Ploceidae ) from unknown locality ( Glowska & Skoracki 2011).

Remark. Although, the locality was not given in the original description ( Glowska & Skoracki 2011), the host species D. dinemelli is distributed in EAST AFRICA ( Sudan, Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania) ( Clements et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 46. Picobia spp., female. P. corcoracus Skoracki et al., 2008 (A, B). A, opisthosoma in dorsal view; B, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. mentalis Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 (C, D). C, opisthosoma in dorsal view; D, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. dinemellia Glowska and Skoracki, 2011 (E, F). E, opisthosoma in dorsal view; F, opisthosoma in ventral view.