Coboydaia clavata (Fain, 1955)

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Boydaia clavata Fain, 1955b: 694, 1956a: 44, 45, 50, fig. 29, 1956b: 650, 655, fig. 19–21, 1956c: 32, 1960b: 101, 1963b: 371, 1963d: 59, 67, 77, fig. 24. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Boydaia (Coboydaia) clavata, Fain 1971: 98, 103, 111, fig. 20, Fain et al. 1977: 393.

Coboydaia (Apodiboydaia) clavata, Zabludovskaya 2002: 93 .

Type host: Ploceus cucullatus graueri Hartert ( Passeriformes: Ploceidae) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve absent. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si. Sensillae SEc-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 0–0–0–0, femora 6–4–3–1, genua 4–4–3–2, tibiae 5–3–3–3. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws of leg I short, subequal, and sharp-ended.

Hosts and distribution. Passeriformes (Ploceidae): Euplectes hOrdeaceus (Linnaeus), E. ardens (Boddaert) and E. macrOura (Gmelin) all from Cameroon [Galim] (Fain et al. 1977), PlOceus baglafecht stuhlmanni (Reichenow) from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (Fain 1956a), P. cucullatus (St. Mueller) from Cameroon [Galim] (Fain et al. 1977), Guinea [Kilisi] (Zabludovskaya 2002), Ghana and Rwanda [Northern Prov., Gakoma] (present study), P. cucullatus graueri Hartert, P. pelzelni (Hartlaub), and P. xanthOps (Hartlaub) (= P. x. camburni) all from Rwanda (Fain 1963), P. velatus Vieillot from Zimbabwe [Kariba] (present study), P. vitellinus (Lichtenstein) from Cameroon [Yagoua], Quelea erythrOps (Hartlaub) from Guinea [Kilisi] (Zabludovskaya 2002), Q. quelea (Linnaeus) from South Africa (Fain 1956a), Zambia [Lochinvar National Park] (Fain 1960b), Cameroon [Waza] (Fain et al. 1977), Burundi [Kinyinya] and Zimbabwe [Kariba] (present study), Q. q. aethiOpica (Sundevall) (= Q. q. centralis) from Rwanda (Fain 1956b).

Turdidae: SaxicOla rubetra (Linnaeus) from Guinea [Kilisi] (Zabludovskaya 2002).

Viduidae: Vidua chalybeata (St. Mueller) from Senegal and V. chalybeata amaurOpteryx (Sharpe) from South Africa (Fain 1963d).

Columbiformes (Columbidae): StreptOpelia vinacea (Gmelin) from Guinea [Kilisi] (Zabludovskaya 2002).

New material examined. Five females from PlOceus cucullatus (St. Mueller) ( Passeriformes: Ploceidae), RWANDA: Northern Prov., Gakoma, December 1954, coll. A. Fain; 2 females from same host species, GHANA: May 1973, coll. Sixl-Voight; 1 female from PlOceus velatus Vieillot (Ploceidae), ZIMBABWE: Kariba S.R., 16 February 1964, coll. unknown; 3 females from Quelea quelea (Linnaeus) (Ploceidae), BURUNDI: Kinyinya, 18 May 1955, coll. unknown; 1 female, 1 male and 1 larva from same host species, ZIMBABWE: Kariba S.R., 15 February 1964, coll. unknown. All specimens deposited in the RBINS.