Speleognathopsis galli Cooreman, 1954

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 : 419

Speleognathopsis galli Cooreman, 1954

Speleognathopsis galli Cooreman, 1954: 429 ; Fain 1955a: 144, 1955b: 696, 1956a: 26, 1958b: 177, 1963d: 24, 53, 1985a: 149; Domrow 1969: 392; Talbot 1968: 530, 1969: 582, figs. 1 (right), 2–3; Faccini et al. 1981: 135; Panda et al. 1987: 508, figs. 1–3. Holotype in RBINS, examined.

Type host: Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 ventral Bf- or Bj-type, 1 dorsal Ba-type), solenidion present; palp tibia with 1 seta (Bd-type). Hypostomal setae Bd-type. Setae ve situated anterior to level of sensillae si. Sensillae SAb-type, other dorsal and ventral (including coxal setae) setae BDa-type. Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1 pair of setae. Setae 1a, 3a present, 4a absent. Number of leg setae: coxae 1–0–1–0, femora 5–4–3–2.

Hosts and distribution. Galliformes (Phasianidae) : Gallus gallus dOmesticus (Linnaeus) from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Cooreman 1954; Fain 1956a, 1963d) and Angola [Lunda Norte Prov., Dundo] (present study).

Numididae : Numida meleagris intermedius Neumann from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1956a).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Phasianidae : Gallus gallus dOmesticus (Linnaeus) from Papua New Guinea (Talbot 1969), Brazil ( Faccini et al. 1981), and India (Panda et al. 1987).

New material examined. Two females Gallus gallus dOmesticus (Linnaeus) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ), ANGOLA: Lunda Norte Prov., Dundo, July 1973, coll. S.M. Jadin; specimens deposited in RBINS.