Neoboydaia philomachi (Fain 1956)
- 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
- Neoboydaia
- species
- Neoboydaia philomachi
biology_ecology
Hosts and distribution. Charadriiformes (Scolopacidae): Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) and Tringa glaerOla Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (Fain 1956 a, 1956 c, 1963 d). Non-African hosts and distribution. Scolopacidae: Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) from Trinidad and Tobago (Fain & Aitken 1968), Mexico and USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) from Canada (Fain & Hyland 1975), Calidris melanOtOs (Vieillot) from USA (Clark 1964), C. minutilla (Vieillot) from USA and Mexico (Fain & Hyland 1975), C. pugnax (Linnaeus) from Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), GallinagO gallinagO (Linnaeus) from USA (Pence 1973 a) and Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), LimnOdrOmus griseus (Gmelin) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), L. scOlOpaceus (Say) from USA (Pence 1973 a), LimOsa lappOnica (Linnaeus) from Australia (Domrow 1965), Tringa flavipes (Gmelin) and T. melanOleuca (Gmelin) from USA (Clark 1964), and Tringa sOlitaria Wilson from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975).
description
Laridae: Sterna hirundO Linnaeus and Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975).
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Na-type and 1 Sd-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae n Na-type, m Sd-type. All dorsal setae Da-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Coxal setae I and II Da-type, III Na-type. Setae 1 a Da-type, 3 a and 4 a Na-type. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ag 1 – 2 and ps 1 Na-type, g 1 – 3 and ps 2 Da-type. Coxa IV without setae; femur I with 5 setae, femur II with 4 setae.
materials_examined
Type host: Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) from Rwanda.
Name
- Homonyms
- Neoboydaia philomachi (Fain 1956)