Harpypalpoides Lombert and Moss, 1983

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Genus Harpypalpoides Lombert and Moss, 1983

Lombert and Moss, 1983: 53 (Harpypalpinae); Fain et al. 1999: 53; Skoracki et al. 2004: 84, 2012: i13. Type species: Harpypalpoides lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983 , by original designation

Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES: Setae se absent. Setae d1 situated close to si. Setae v’F I and v’F II present or absent. FEMALE: Alveoli of genital setae present.

Species included. This genus includes nine species: H. hirundinis Fain, 1972 , H. hirundinoides sp. nov., H. johnstoni sp. nov., H. lesickii Skoracki, Bochkov and Sikora, 2004 , H. lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983 , H. namibiensis Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999 , H. regulus sp. nov., H. sitta sp. nov., and H. sylvia sp. nov.

Hosts and distribution. These mites are recorded from passerines of 6 families in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America: Certioidea: Sittidae ; Muscicapoidea: Turdidae ; Passeroidea: Emberizidae , Fringillidae ; Sylvioidea: Hirundinidae ; Regulidae (family incertae sedis).