Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni (Fain, 1955)

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 : 411

Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni (Fain, 1955)

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Speleognathus schoutedeni Fain, 1955b: 695, 1956a: 18 , figs. 1–4, 22, 1962e: 301, fig. 8. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Speleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, Fain 1958b: 178 , 179.

Ophthalmognathus dogieli Dubinin, 1957: 57 ; Domrow 1969: 392.

Trispeleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, Fain 1963d: 23 .

Neoboydaia (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, Fain 1962a: 7, 1963c: 61 , 1963d: 23, fig. 34. Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni, Domrow 1969: 392 ; Fain & Goff 1980: 506; Fain 1985: 147. Type host: Ardeola idae Hartlaub ( Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 2 setae (Na-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae n Na-type, m Db-type. Propodonotal shield absent but small network of lines on cuticle between sensillary bases present. Sensillae si SC-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Db-type. Femur I with 5 setae, femur IV with 2 setae.

Host and distribution. Pelecaniformes (Ardeidae) : ArdeOla idae Hartlaub from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a).

Non-African host and distribution. Ardeidae : NycticOrax caledOnicus (Gmelin) from Australia ( Domrow 1969).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni (Fain, 1955), adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, gnathosoma in ventral view.