Picobia currucae Skoracki and Magowski, 2001

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 : 53

Picobia currucae Skoracki and Magowski, 2001

( Figs. 39 I–K)

Picobia currucae Skoracki and Magowski, 2001: 116 , figs. 9–15; Skoracki 2011: 348 , figs. 258–260. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Type host: Sylvia curruca (Linaneus) ( Passeriformes : Sylviidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with the sylviid warblers of the genus Sylvia ( Passeriformes : Sylviidae ): S. curruca (Linnaeus) from Poland ( Skoracki & Magowski 2001), Jordan ( Skoracki 2011), S. hortensis (Gmelin) from Jordan ( Glowska et al. 2007), and S. nisoria (Bechstein) from Turkey ( Skoracki 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 39. Picobia spp., female. P. cissa Skoracki et al., 2004 (A – C). A, pygidial shield; B, opisthosoma in ventral view; C, seta si. P. cetti Skoracki, 2011 (D – F). D, seta si; E, pygidial shield; F, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. caudati (G – H). G, opisthosoma in ventral view; H, seta si. P. curruca Skoracki and Magowski, 2001 (I – K). I, opisthosoma in ventral view; J, pygidial shield; K, seta si.