Rafapicobia thamnophili Glowska and Schmidt, 2014

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 : 78

Rafapicobia thamnophili Glowska and Schmidt, 2014

( Figs. 60 F, G)

Rafapicobia thamnophili Glowska and Schmidt, 2014b: 196 , figs. 6–10. Types deposited in AMU and USNM, examined.

Type host: Thamnophilus insignis Salvin and Godman ( Passeriformes : Thamnophilidae ). Type locality: Guyana.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the typical antbirds ( Passeriformes : Thamnophilidae ): Hypocnemis cantator (Boddaert) from Guyana, Myrmeciza ferruginea (St. Muller) from Guyana, Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi) from Guyana, Myrmotherula longipennis Pelzeln from Guyana, and Thamnophilus insignis Salvin and Godman from Guyana ( Glowska & Schmidt 2014b).

Figures

FIGURE 60. Rafapicobia spp., female. R. zirnitra Skoracki, 2011 (A – C). A, anterior part of propodonotal shield; B, pygidial shield; C, opisthosoma in ventral view. R. toxostoma Sikora et al., 2011 (D, E). D, anterior part of propodonotal shield; E, pygidial shield. R. thamnophili Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 (F, G). F, hysteronotal shield; G, opisthosoma in ventral view.