Boydaia falconis Fain, 1956

Skoracki, Maciej, Schmidt, Karl-Heinz, Marciniak, Natalia & Marciniak, Martyna, 2018, A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4403 (3), pp. 401-440 : 423

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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scientific name	Boydaia falconis Fain, 1956
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Boydaia falconis Fain, 1956b: 657 , figs. 16–18, 1963d: 60, 1972a: 610, fig. 3; Domrow 1969: 381; Pence & Casto 1976: 466. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Type host: Falco cuvierii Smith ( Falconiformes : Falconidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 1 pair of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si. Sensillae SBa- or SBb-type. Agenital series with 1 pair of setae. Pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae. Number of leg setae: coxae 1–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 7–4–3–4, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws short, subequal, and sharp-ended.

Hosts and distribution. Falconiformes (Falconidae) : FalcO cuvierii Smith from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1956b) and F. tinnunculus Linnaeus from Chad ( Fain 1963d).