Speleognathopsis benoiti Fain, 1955

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 : 417-418

Speleognathopsis benoiti Fain, 1955

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Speleognathopsis benoiti Fain, 1955b: 696, 1956a: 29 , figs. 13–16, 1962e: 300, fig. 4, 1963d: 25, fig. 28, 1972: 608, fig. 1, 1985a: 150; 1985b: 254, fig. 22; Domrow 1965: 44; 1966: 210; 1969: 393; McDaniel 1967: 94. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Type host: Vanellus crassirostris (Hartlaub) ( Charadriiformes : Charadriidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 ventral BNa-type, 1 dorsal BDa- or BDb-type), solenidion absent; palp tibia with 1 seta (BDa-type). Hypostomal setae BNa-type. Propodonotum with 7 pairs of setae, vi doubled (vi1, vi2). Setae ve situated anterior to level of sensillae si. Sensillae SAb-type, other dorsal and ventral (including coxal setae) setae BDa-type. Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Setae 1a, 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, femora 7–4–3–4.

Hosts and distribution. Charadriiformes (Charadriidae) : Vanellus crassirOstris (Hartlaub) and V. senegallus (Linnaeus) both from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1955b, 1956a).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Speleognathopsis benoiti Fain, 1955, adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, gnathosoma in ventral view; D, palpin dorsal view.