Metaboydaia Fain, 1962

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 : 406

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Genus Metaboydaia Fain, 1962

Metaboydaia Fain, 1962a: 7 , 1985a: 149.

Type species: Speleognathus poffei Fain, 1955 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Palps with 2 segments. Hypostome with 1 pair of setae (n absent). Propodonotal shield absent. Propodonotal region with 4 pairs of setae (ve and se absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of setae (h2 absent). Each genital and agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Pseudanal setal series with 1 pair of setae. Setae 1a, 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 0–0–0–0, femora 6–4–2–4, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3– 3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I –IV normally developed.

Remarks. The monotypic genus associated with birds of the orders Coraciiformes and Pelecaniformes and recorded in the Afrotropical region ( Fain 1956a).