Boydaia bradornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae
Tribus: Boydaiini
Genus: Boydaia
Species: B. bradornis

Name

Boydaia bradornis Fain, 1956

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Bradornis pallidus griseus Reich (Aves, Muscicapidae), Akanyaru (Rwanda)
• Holotype: MRAC Slide no. 112388 — ♀?

Notes

• A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).
• Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 421).

References

• Fain, A. 1956. Nouvelles observations sur les Acariens de la famille Speleognathidae parasites des fosses nasales chez les batraciens, les oiseaux et les mammifères. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparée, 31(5-6): 643–662.
• Fain, A. 1971. Clé et liste des espèces du genre Boydaia Womersley (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia, 13(1): 98–112.
• Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page. 

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