Taxonavigation

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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. buphagi

Name

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Boydaia buphagi Fain, 1961

  • Type locality: nasal cavity of Buphagus africanus L. (Aves, Buphagidae), Akanyaru (Rwanda)
  • Holotype: MRAC Slide no. 128217 — ♀

Notes

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  • A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).
  • Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 422).

References

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  • Fain, A. 1961. Acariens nasicoles des Colibris (Trochillidae) et des Etourneaux (Sturnidae). Description de trois espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale d’Entomologie de Belgique 97(1-2): 45–62.
  • 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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