Neopicobia ea Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014

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 : 37

Neopicobia ea Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014

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Neopicobia ea Skoracki et al., 2014b: 78 , figs. 7–8. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM, examined.

Type host: Celeus flavus (St. Mueller) ( Piciformes : Picidae ). Type locality: Venezuela.

Additional material. Four females and 1 male from Celeus flavescens (Gmelin) ( Piciformes : Picidae ), BRAZIL: West Minas Gerais, Agua Suja, Begagem Valley, coll. O. A. Carvalho, all material in AMU.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with the woodpeckers of the genus Celeus ( Piciformes : Picidae ): C. elegans (St. Mueller) from Brazil, C. flavus (St. Mueller) from Venezuela, C. torquatus (Boddaert) from Peru ( Skoracki et al. 2014b) and Celeus flavescens (Gmelin) [new host] (present paper).

Figures

FIGURE 27. Neopicobia spp. female. N. hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 2014 (A – E). A, propodonotal shield; B, hysteronotal shield; C, coxal fields III and IV; D, pygidial shield; E, opisthosoma in ventral view. N. ea Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 (F – H). F, hysteronotal shield; G, pygidial shield; H, coxal fields III and IV. N. freya Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 (K, L). K, pygidial shield; L, opisthosoma in ventral view.