Neoboydaia Fain, 1958

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Genus Neoboydaia Fain, 1958

Boydaia (Neoboydaia) Fain, 1958b: 177 .

Neoboydaia, Fain 1961b: 162 , 1962a: 7, 1963d: 52.

Type species: Boydaia philomachi Fain, 1956 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Palps with 2 segments. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal shield absent. Propodonotal region with 4 pairs of setae (ve and se absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of setae (h2 absent). Agenital series with 2–3 pairs of setae. Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae. Setae 1a, 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1(0), trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 5(4)–4–3–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I –IV normally developed.

Remarks. Members of this genus are associated with birds of the orders: Charadriiformes, Cuculiformes , and Podicipediformes, and recorded in the Afrotropical, Australian, Oriental, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions ( Fain 1956a, c, 1961b, 1963d, 1964b; Clark 1964; Fain & Aitken 1968; Domrow 1969, 1991; Fain & Hyland 1970, 1975; Pence 1973a; Zabludovskaya 1998; Knee & Galloway 2016). The Afrotropical fauna includes two of the four described species: NeObOydaia galachrysiae Fain, 1961 and N. philOmachi (Fain, 1956) .