Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki, Unsoeld, Skorupski and Kavetska, 2014

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Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki et al., 2014: 229, figs. 1, 2. Types deposited in ZSM, AMU and ZISP, examined.

Type host: Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus ( Gruiformes: Rallidae). Type locality: Germany.

Additional material. 16 females from Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) ( Gruiformes: Ralidae), JAPAN: Yokohama area, coll. Haberer, all material in AMU and ZSM.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the rallid birds ( Gruiformes: Rallidae): Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson) from Chile, P. parva (Scopoli) from Kirghizia, P. porzana (Linnaeus) from France, Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus from Germany (Skoracki et al. 2014), and Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) [new host] from Japan (present paper).