Pterniboydaia pternistis (Fain, 1955)

Skoracki, Maciej, Schmidt, Karl-Heinz, Marciniak, Natalia & Marciniak, Martyna, 2018, A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4403 (3), pp. 401-440 : 416

Pterniboydaia pternistis (Fain, 1955)

( Fig. 11 )

Boydaia pternistis Fain, 1955a: 145 , figs. 1–2, 1955b: 694, 1956a: 41, 1956b: 646, 1956c: 31, 32, 1962: 266. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Neoboydaia (Aureliania) pternistis, Fain 1962c: 266, 1963c: 61 .

Neoboydaia pternistis, Kaneko et al. 1977: 163 , figs. 2, 3.

Pterniboydaia pternistis, Fain 1985: 146 .

Type host: Pternistis afer (Statius Müller) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 4 setae (2 ventral setae Na-type, 2 dorso-apical setae Fa- or Fb-type) and solenidion. Hypostomal setae Ea or Eb-type setae. All idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Ea- or Ec-type, except sensillae si SC-type.

Hosts and distribution. Galliformes (Phasianidae) : Perdix perdix (Linnaeus) from Rwanda (introduced) [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1956a), Pternistis afer (St. Mueller) from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1955a), P. swainsOnii (Smith) from Zambia ( Fain 1963d).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Phasianidae : BambusicOla thOracicus (Temminck) from Japan (Kaneko et al. 1977), Perdix perdix perdix (Linnaues) from Belgium ( Fain 1962d).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Pterniboydaia pternistis (Fain, 1955), adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, palp tarsus in dorsal view; D, gnathosoma in ventral view.