Harpyrhynchoides alaudinus Bochkov, 2000

Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the zumpti species group of the genus Harpyrhynchoides (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — ectoparasites of passerines, Zootaxa 3884 (5), pp. 401-418 : 409

Harpyrhynchoides alaudinus Bochkov, 2000

( Fig. 4 C, D)

Harpyrhynchoides alaudinus Bochkov, 2000: 91 , figs. 1–5; Skoracki et al. 2012: i19.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Palp femoragenu with weak lateral notches. Palpalae l”G 2 times as long as dF. Body, including gnathosoma, 330–350 long. Setae h2 130–170 long. Vulva with long lateral folds reaching posterior margin of idiosoma. Genua I and II with 3 setae (v ” absent). Apical segment of legs III with 5 setae, apical segment of legs IV with 4 setae.

Type material. Holotype female ( ZISP T-H- 5) and 7 female paratypes ( ZISP AVB 14-0725-007) from Alauda arvensis Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Alaudidae ), RUSSIA: Moscow Province, Oksky State Nature Biosphere Reserve, 25 April 1961, coll. unknown.

Type deposition. ZISP.

Hosts and distribution. This species is known only from the type host, Alauda arvensis (Alaudidae) from Europe ( Bochkov 2000; see Table 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Harpyrhynchoides spp., details of females. A—palp in dorsal view of H. rubeculinus (Cerny and Sixl, 1971); B—palp in dorsal view of H. vulgaris Bochkov and Galloway, 2004; H. alaudinus Bochkov; 2000 (C, D): C—palp in dorsal view; D—vulva; E—palp in dorsal view of H. heatherae Bochkov and Galloway, 2013.