Rafapicobia dendrocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012

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 : 78

Rafapicobia dendrocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012

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Rafapicobia dendrocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012: 60 , figs. 1–12. Types deposited in AMU, ZSM and ZISP, examined.

Type host. Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Spix ( Passeriformes : Furnariidae ). Type locality. Paraguay.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with the woodcreepers of the genus Dendrocolaptes ( Passeriformes : Furnariidae ): D. platyrostris Spix from Paraguay and D. picumnus Lichtenstein from Argentina ( Skoracki & Solarczyk 2012).

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FIGURE 61. Rafapicobia spp., female. R. lepidocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012 (A, B). A, hysteronotal setae d 1; B, opisthosoma in ventral view. R. dendrocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012 (C). C, pygidial shield. R. milenskyi Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 (D). D, pygidial shield. R. melzeri Skoracki et al., 2014 (E). E, anterior part of propodonotal shield.