Phoenicopteriella mirabilis Fain, 1970

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 : 412

Phoenicopteriella mirabilis Fain, 1970

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Phoenicopteriella mirabilis Fain, 1970: 323 , figs. 25–27. Holotype in RBINS, examined.

Type host: Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus ( Phoenicopteriformes : Phoenicopteridae ) from North Africa.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 2 setae (dorsal seta Sa-type, seta situated apically mushroom-like), solenidion absent; palp tibia without setae, solenidion present. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae (Sa-type). Setae vi situated anterior to level of setae si. Setae vi, se, c2 Sa-type, sensillae si Na-type, genital setae Bd-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Db-type. Agenital series with 1 pair of setae. Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Number of leg setae: coxae 1–0–1–1, femora 7–4–3–4.

Host and distribution. Phoenicopteriformes (Phoenicopteridae) : PhOenicOpterus ruber Linnaeus from North Africa (Fain 1970).

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FIGURE 8. Phoenicopteriella mirabilis Fain, 1970, adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, palp tarsus in dorsal view; D, gnathosoma in ventral view.