Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae (Fain, 1962)

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Neoboydaia psittaculae Fain, 1962a: 7, 1962c: 318, figs. 7–14, 1963c: 60, figs. 10–11; Domrow 1969: 388. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) psittaculae, Fain 1963d: 20, 60, fig. 34.

Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae, Fain 1985a: 147 .

Type host: Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) ( Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) from Ethiopia.

Diagnosis. Palps with 2 segments. Palp tarsus with 2 setae (dorsal seta Da-type, ventral Nz-type) and solenidion; each palp tibia with 1 seta Da-type. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae (n Na-type, m Da-type). Setae vi situated posterior to level of sensillae si. All idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Da-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Number of leg setae: trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 4–3–2–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3.

Hosts and distribution. Psittaciformes (Psittaculidae): AgapOrnis rOseicOllis (Vieillot) from South Africa (Fain 1963d), Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) from Ethiopia (Fain 1962c).

Psittacidae: Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus [new host] from Central Africa (present paper).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Psittaculidae: Psitteuletes versicOlOr (Lear) and TrichOglOssus mOluccanus (Gmelin) from Australia (Domrow 1969).

New material examined. Five females from Psittacus erithacus Linnaeus ( Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) from Central Africa (based on host distribution (Clements et al. 2016)), 17 December 1965, coll. unknown; specimens deposited in RBINS.