Phoenicopteriella womersleyi (Fain 1955)
- Dataset
- A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Ereynetidae
- genus
- Phoenicopteriella
- species
- Phoenicopteriella womersleyi
biology_ecology
Hosts and distribution. Anseriformes (Anatidae): DendrOcygna viduata (Linnaeus) and SarkidOrnis melanOtOs (Pennant) both from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (Fain 1956 a). Non-African hosts and distribution. Anatidae: Anas acuta Linnaeus, A. clypeata (Linnaeus), A. discOrs (Linnaeus), A. strepera Linnaeus, Aythia affinis (Eyton), all from USA (Clark 1958; Fain & Hyland 1975; Spicer 1977).
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (Be-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostome with 1 pair of setae (Bb-type). Setae vi situated posterior to level of si. All dorsal setae Dd-type, except sensillae si SC-type, genital setae Bf-type. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 2 pairs of setae. Number of leg setae: coxae 2 – 1 – 1 – 1, femora 5 – 4 – 3 – 3.
materials_examined
Type host: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus) (Anseriformes: Anatidae) from Rwanda.