Neharpyrhynchus pilirostris, Berlese and Trouessart, 1889, Berlese and Trouessart, 1889

Bochkov, Andre V, Oconnor, Barry M. & Klompen, Hans, 2015, A review of the mite subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — parasites of New World birds (Aves: Neognathae), Zootaxa 4023 (1), pp. 1-130 : 100-101

Neharpyrhyncus pilirostris ( Berlese and Trouessart, 1889)

( Fig. 81 F, G)

Harpirhynchus pilirostris Berlese and Trouessart, 1889: 137 –138 (lectotype in MHNP, not examined). Sarcopterus pilirostris, Berlese 1894 , fasc. 73, tab. 5, figs. 1–5 nec Sarcopterus nidulans Nitzsch, 1818 . Harpyrhynchus pilirostris, Fritsch 1954: 179 .

Harpyrhynchus ovalis Fritsch, 1954: 193 , fig. 10; Lawrence 1959a: 424, 1959b: 108. Neharpyrhynchus pilirostris, Fain 1995: 81 , figs. 24–29, Lawrence 1959a: 108.

Additional material. Three females and 1 male ( UMMZ BMOC 09-0818-009) from Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (uncatalogued) ( Passeriformes : Passeridae ), USA: Michigan, Livingston Co, 3.8 mi NE Howell, Brophy Rd., 42.644471°N 83.879988°W, 2 July 2009, via Howell Nature Center; 8 females and 1 male ( UMZ BMOC 12-0326-001) from same host ( UMMZ 242837), USA: Michigan, Washtgenaw Co., Ann Arbor, 42.2708397°N 83.7263412°W, 26 March 2012, coll. B.M. OConnor; 4 females ( UMMZ BMOC 08-0408-002) from same host (uncatalogued), USA: Michigan, Ingham Co., Lansing, 42.702168°N 84.474873°W, 8 April 2008, coll. B.M. OConnor. All material in UMMZ.

Hosts and distribution. Passer domesticus ( Passeriformes : Passeridae ) from France ( Berlese & Trouessart 1889), Germany ( Fritsch 1954; Lawrence 1959a), Czech Republic ( Martinu et al. 2008), South Africa ( Lawrence 1959b; USA ( McGroarty & Dobson 1974; Brown & Wilson 1975; Fain 1995), Canada ( Bochkov & Galloway 2013; Byers & Proctor 2013) and USA (Michigan) (present study).

Figures

FIGURE 81. Neharpyrhynchus spp. details. N. quiscalus sp. nov, female (A, B): A—palp in dorsal view; B—anterior part of propodonotum. Male (C – E); C—palp in dorsal view; D—solenidion ω 1 I; E—solenidion ω 1 II; N. pilirostris (Berlese and Trouessart, 1889), female (F, G): F—palp in dorsal view; G—anterior part of propodonotum; N. icterus Bochkov and OConnor, 2014, female (H, I): H—palp in dorsal view; I—anterior part of propodonotum. Scale bars: A, C – F = 50 Μm; B, G = 100 Μm; H, I = 25 Μm;