zyskowskii species-group

Strongly pigmented species, characterized by possessing: a) head with a thick wide marginal carina, with its internal margin rugulose in both sexes; b) male metanotum with 11–13 setae; and c) female subgenital plate with more than 45 marginal and submarginal setae. Two species are included, parasitic on the two species of Cariamidae ( Gruiformes or Cariamiformes, see Fain et al. 2007; Mayr 2002; Cracraft et al. 2004). One species ( T. wardi) has been recorded from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, the other ( T. zyskowskii) from Argentina and Paraguay (Fig. 20).