Neharpyrhynchus trochilinus ( Fain, 1972 )

Bochkov, Andre V, Oconnor, Barry M. & Klompen, Hans, 2015, A review of the mite subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — parasites of New World birds (Aves: Neognathae), Zootaxa 4023 (1), pp. 1-130 : 94-96

Neharpyrhynchus trochilinus ( Fain, 1972)

( Fig. 74 E, F–76)

Harpyrhynchus (Neharpyrhynchus) trochilinus Fain, 1972: 55 (type in IRSNB, examined). Neharpyrhynchus trochilinus, Fain 1995: 80 , figs. 17–23; Martinu et al. 2008: 207, fig. 1.

Additional material. Three females ( OSAL 0 0 83150, 0 0 83152, 0083153) from Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier and Mulsant) ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ), North America, other data absent. All specimens in OSAL.

Hosts and distribution. Hummingbirds ( Apodiformes : Trochilidae ) in North and South America: “Hummingbird” (original description) and Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus) from unknown locality in South America ( Fain 1972, 1995), Panterpe insignis Cabanis and Heine and Eugenes fulgens (Swainson) from Costa Rica, Amazilia lactea (Lesson) from Brazil and Peru ( Bochkov & Literak 2011; Literak et al. 2012), Amazilia chionogaster (Tschudi) from Peru ( Literak et a l. 2012), Chlorostilbon lucidus (Shaw) from Paraguay ( Literak et al. 2014), Archilochus alexandri [new host] from unknown locality in North America (present paper).

Remark. In the original description of this species, Fain (1995, P. 79) indicated that the female dorsal shield is “deeply excavated along midline” and depicted the median suture crossing this shield in Fig. 17 . Actually, this fold is an artifact which appears very often in the process of specimen mounting. The same mistake was made by Martinu et al. (2008) in the description of the closely related species N. bochkovi ( Fig. 74 C, D).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Harpyrhynchoides actitis sp. nov., details (A – E): A—palp of female in dorsal view; B—palp of male in dorsal view; C—genital opening of male; D—solenidion ω 1 I of male; E—solenidion ω 1 II of male. Harpyrhynchoides pluvialis sp. nov., details of female (F – H): F—palp in dorsal view; G—solenidion ω 1 I; H—solenidion ω 1 II.

FIGURE 74. Neharpyrhynchus spp. details of females. N. turdus sp. nov. (A, B): A—palp in dorsal view; B—anterior part of propodonotum; N. bochkovi Martinu et al., 2008 (C, D): C—palp in dorsal view; D—anterior part of propodonotum; N. trochilinus (Fain, 1972) (E, F): E—palp in dorsal view; F—anterior part of propodonotum. Scale bars: A, B = 25 Μm; C, D = 50 Μm; E, F = 100 Μm.