Boydaia bradornis Fain, 1956

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 : 421-422

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scientific name	Boydaia bradornis Fain, 1956
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Boydaia bradornis Fain, 1956b: 649 , 654, fig. 29; 1963d: 57, 67, fig. 15; 1971: 98, 102, fig. 11. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Type host: Agricola pallidus griseus (Reichenow) ( Passeriformes View in CoL : Muscicapidae View in CoL ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated on same or slightly posterior to level of sensillae si. Sensillae SEa-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–0, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 7–4–3–3, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on tibia and genu of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claw pair of leg I subequal and sharp-ended.

Host and distribution. Passeriformes (Muscicapidae) : AgricOla pallidus griseus (Reichenow) from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1956b).

Non-African host and distribution. Muscicapidae : Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus) from Ukraine (Zabludovskaya 1998, 2012).

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FIGURE 14. Boydaia bradornis Fain, 1956, adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, palp tarsus in dorsal view; D, gnathosoma in ventral view.