Trispeleognathus striatus ( Crossley, 1952 )

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 : 420

Trispeleognathus striatus ( Crossley, 1952)

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S peleognathus striatus Crossley, 1952: 385 , figs. 1–17; Fain, 1955b: 695, 1956a: 18, 1962e: 300, fig. 5. Holotype in USNM, not examined.

Boydaia striatus, Womersley 1953: 82 ; Cooreman 1954: 426; Amaral 1963: 91.

Speleognathus (Trispeleognathus) striatus, Fain 1958b: 178 .

Trispeleognathus striatus, Fain 1962a: 9, 1985: 149 ; Amaral 1963: 91; Fain & Hyland 1970: 42.

Trispeleognathus (Trispeleognathus) striatus, Fain 1963c: 61, 1963d: 22 ; Fain & Aitken 1970: 328.

Ophthalmognathus striatus, Domrow 1969: 389 ; Pence & Casto 1976: 466.

Type host: Columba livia domestica Gmelin ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from USA (Texas).

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 ventral Bi-type, 1 dorsal Sd-type), palp tibia with 1 seta (Fa-type), tarsal solenidion present. Hypostomal setae m Fa-type. Propodonotal shield absent but small network of lines on cuticle between sensillary bases present. Sensillae si SC-type, other idiosomal setae Ea-type, except ve Eb-type.

Hosts and distribution. Columbiformes (Columbidae) : COlumba livia dOmestica Gmelin and StreptOpelia semitOrquata Rueppel, both from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Columbidae : COlumba livia dOmestica from USA ( Crossley 1952), COlumbina talpacOti (Temminck) from Trinidad and Tobago (Fain & Aitken 1986) and Mexico (Fain & Hyland 1970), GeOtrygOn mOntana (Linnaeus) and LeptOtila verreauxi Bonaparte both from Brazil ( Amaral 1963; Fain & Aitken 1970).

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FIGURE 13. Trispeleognathus striatus (Crossley, 1952), adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, palp in dorsal view; D, palp in ventral view.