Columbiphilus alectoris ( Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000 )

Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), Zootaxa 4113 (1), pp. 1-95 : 25

Columbiphilus alectoris ( Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000)

( Figs. 17 A, B)

Picobia alectoris Fain et al., 2000: 65 , figs. 103–109; Skoracki et al. 2004: 164. Type deposited in RBINS, examined.

Columbiphilus alectoris, Skoracki 2011: 374 ; Skoracki & Sikora 2011: 26; Skoracki & Hromada 2013: 194, figs. 1 and 2.

Type host: Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ). Type locality: France.

Host range and distribution. Monoxenous species associated with Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ) in France ( Skoracki & Sikora 2011).

Remarks. Although this species was has been originally described based on material collected from Alectoris sp. from Rwanda ( Fain et al. 2000: 65), no bird species from this genus occurs in the African region. Because, all known species of Alectoris spp. are restricted in distribution to the Palaearctic, the Sino-Jappanese, or the Saharo-Arabian regions ( Clements et al. 2014), this suggests that the Rwanda locality should be excluded from the distribution-list of this quill mite species. Due to these circumstances we designate the bird species Alectoris rufa as a type host and France as a type locality for C. alectoris .

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FIGURE 17. Columbiphilus spp., female. C. alectoris (Fain et al., 2000) (A, B). A, hypostomal apex; B, genito-anal region. C. odontophoridus Skoracki and Sikora, 2011 (C, D). C, hypostomal apex; D, genito-anal region. C. pteroclesi (Skoracki and OConnor, 2010) (E, F). E, hypostomal apex; F, genito-anal region.