Speleognathopsis wai Fain, Vercammen-Grandjean and Wagner, 1966

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 : 419

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997195
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scientific name	Speleognathopsis wai Fain, Vercammen-Grandjean and Wagner, 1966
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Speleognathopsis wai Fain et al., 1966: 115 , figs. 1–11; Domrow 1969: 393. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Type host: Rhinoptilus africanus Temminick View in CoL ( Charadriiformes View in CoL : Glareolidae View in CoL ) from South Africa.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 ventral BNa-type, 1 dorsal BD-type), solenidion absent; palp tibia with 1 seta (BD-type). Hypostomal setae Bc- or BNa-type. Setae ve situated anterior to level of sensillae si. Genital series with 2 pairs of setae. Setae 1a, 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–0–1–0, femora 7–4–3–4.

Host and distribution. Charadriiformes (Glareolidae) : RhinOptilus africanus Temminck from South Africa [North West Prov., Bloemhof] (Fain et al. 1966).