Harpyrhynchoides brevis (Ewing, 1911)

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 : 50

Harpyrhynchoides brevis (Ewing, 1911)

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Harpirhynchus brevis Ewing, 1911: 38 ; Fain 1995: 99 (type lost). Harpyrhynchus brevis, Moss 1979: 381 .

Harpyrhynchoides brevis, Bochkov & Klompen 2014b: 406 , figs. 1, 2.

Hosts and distribution. Coccothraustes vespertinus (Cooper) [type host] and Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ) from USA (various localities) (Ewing 1911; Moss 1979; Bochkov & Klompen 2014b).

Remarks. Banks (1905a) described Harpirhynchus longipilus Banks, 1905 (= Sarcopterus longipilis Banks, 1905b ) from Loxia sp. ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ) from Washington, USA. The only species of the genus Loxia occurring in Washington is Loxia curvirostra ( Clements et al. 2014) . The original description of this species is incomplete and does not allow differentiating this species confidently from other representatives of the genus ( Fain 1995). The record of H. brevis from Loxia curvirostra makes the conspecificity of these two species highly probable and, thus, H. brevis could be a junior synonym of H. longipilus . It is necessary, however, to obtain a new material from Loxia curvirostra from the locality to resolve this question.

The record of this species on Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Icteridae ) from USA ( Morly & Shillinger 1937) should been assigned to Harpyrhynchoides zumpti ( Fain, 1972) ( Bochkov & Klompen 2014b). A record of this species from Catharus fuscescens (Stephens) ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ) from USA ( Morley & Shillinger 1937), probably belongs to H. zumpti or Harpyrhynchoides heatherae Bochkov and Galloway, 2013 .

Figures

FIGURE 39. Harpyrhynchoides spp., details of females (zumpti group): A—palpalae of Harpyrhynchoides xantocephallus Bochkov and Klompen, 2014; B—same of Harpyrhynchoides brevis (Ewing, 1911); C—same of Harpyrhynchoides setophaga Bochkov and Klompen, 2011; D—same of Harpyrhynchoides zumpti (Fain, 1972); E—palp of Harpyrhynchoides vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004 in dorsal view; F—same of Harpyrhynchoides heatherae Bochkov and Galloway, 2013; Harpyrhynchoides spizella Bochkov and Klompen (G, H): G—palpalae; H—pocket-like vulvar structure. Scale bars: A – C, E – H = 50 Μm; D = 25 Μm.