Boydaia indica Fain, 1969

Boydaia indica Fain, 1969: 373, fig. 5. Holotype in RBINS, examined. Boydaia (Boydaia) indica, Fain 1971: 101, 110, fig. 16.

Type host: Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes: Sturnidae) from India.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si. Sensillae SEa- or SEb-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 7–4–3–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws of leg I long, subequal, and sharp-ended.

Hosts and distribution. Passeriformes (Sturnidae): LamprOtOrnis chalybaeus Hemprich and Ehrenberg from Sub-Saharan Africa (based on host distribution (Clements et al. 2016); org. died in captivity in Antverp, Belgium (Fain 1971)), L. chlOrOpterus chlOrOpterus Swainson from Democratic Republic of Congo (Fain 1969, 1971), L. superbus Rueppell from East Africa (based on host distribution (Clements et al. 2016); org. died in captivity in Antverp, Belgium (Fain 1971).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Sturnidae: Gracupica cOntra (Linnaeus) (= SturnOpastOr capensis), Sturnia malabarica (Gmelin) and S. pagOdarum (Gmelin) all from India and died in captivity in Belgium (Fain 1969).