Metaboydaia poffei (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 : 406-407

Metaboydaia poffei (Fain, 1955)

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Speleognathus poffei Fain, 1955b: 695, 1956a: 23 , figs. 7–8, 24. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Speleognathus (Neospeleognathus) poffei, Fain 1958b: 178 .

Neoboydaia (Metaboydaia) poffei, Fain 1962a: 7 .

Trispeleognathus (Neospeleognathus) poffei, Fain 1963d: 24 .

Metaboydaia poffei, Fain 1985a: 149 .

Type hosts: Scopus umbretta Gmelin ( Pelecaniformes : Scopidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Be-type and 1 BDa-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae BDa-type. Sensillae si SC-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxae) BDa-type.

Hosts and distribution. Coraciiformes (Coracidae) : COracias caudata caudata Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1956a).

Pelecaniformes (Scopidae) : ScOpus umbretta Gmelin from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare, Akanyaru, Gisagara] ( Fain 1956a; present paper).

New material examined. Two females from ScOpus umbretta Gmelin ( Pelecaniformes : Scopidae ), RWANDA: Southern Prov., Gisagara, 8 March 1968, coll. A. Fain; specimens deposited in the RBINS.

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FIGURE 4. Metaboydaia poffei (Fain, 1955), adult.A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C,palp tarsus in dorsal view; D, gnathosoma in ventral view.