Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae (Fain, 1962)

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 : 415

Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae (Fain, 1962)

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Neoboydaia psittaculae Fain, 1962a: 7, 1962c: 318 , figs. 7–14, 1963c: 60, figs. 10–11; Domrow 1969: 388. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) psittaculae, Fain 1963d: 20 , 60, fig. 34.

Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae, Fain 1985a: 147 .

Type host: Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) ( Psittaciformes : Psittacidae ) from Ethiopia.

Diagnosis. Palps with 2 segments. Palp tarsus with 2 setae (dorsal seta Da-type, ventral Nz-type) and solenidion; each palp tibia with 1 seta Da-type. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae (n Na-type, m Da-type). Setae vi situated posterior to level of sensillae si. All idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Da-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Number of leg setae: trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 4–3–2–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3.

Hosts and distribution. Psittaciformes (Psittaculidae) : AgapOrnis rOseicOllis (Vieillot) from South Africa ( Fain 1963d), Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) from Ethiopia ( Fain 1962c).

Psittacidae : Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus [new host] from Central Africa (present paper).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Psittaculidae : Psitteuletes versicOlOr (Lear) and TrichOglOssus mOluccanus (Gmelin) from Australia ( Domrow 1969).

New material examined. Five females from Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus ( Psittaciformes : Psittacidae ) from Central Africa (based on host distribution ( Clements et al. 2016)), 17 December 1965, coll. unknown; specimens deposited in RBINS.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Psittaboydaia psittaculae (Fain, 1962), adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, gnathosoma in ventral view; D, palpin dorsal view.