Phoenicopteriella womersleyi (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 : 412-413

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBC0B6E0-7308-47F4-A10F-1AF8D012AD11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997162
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C27187ED-FFD1-BC4C-FF7F-2C4DFF36FDE6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Phoenicopteriella womersleyi (Fain, 1955)
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Treatment

Speleognathus womersleyi Fain, 1955b: 695, 1956a: 21 , figs. 5–6, 23, 26; Clark 1958: 84, figs. 3–4, 9–12. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Trispeleognathus womersleyi, Fain 1958b: 178, 1962a: 9 ; Fain & Hyland 1975: 205.

Trispeleognathus (Trispeleognathus) womersleyi, Fain 1963d: 23 .

Ophthalmognathus womersleyi, Domrow 1969: 390 ; Spicer 1977: 498.

Phoenicopteriella womersleyi, Fain 1985a: 152, 1985b: 254 , fig. 19.

Type host: Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus) ( Anseriformes : Anatidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (Be-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostome with 1 pair of setae (Bb-type). Setae vi situated posterior to level of si. All dorsal setae Dd-type, except sensillae si SC-type, genital setae Bf-type. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 2 pairs of setae. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, femora 5–4–3–3.

Hosts and distribution. Anseriformes (Anatidae) : DendrOcygna viduata (Linnaeus) and SarkidOrnis melanOtOs (Pennant) both from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Anatidae : Anas acuta Linnaeus , A. clypeata (Linnaeus) , A. discOrs (Linnaeus), A. strepera Linnaeus , Aythia affinis (Eyton) , all from USA ( Clark 1958; Fain & Hyland 1975; Spicer 1977).