Boydaia falconis

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. falconis

Name

Boydaia falconis Fain, 1956

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Falco cuvierii Smith (Aves, Falconidae), Akanyaru (Rwanda)
• Holotype: MRAC slide no. 112374 — ♀

Notes

• A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).
• Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 423).

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 espèce 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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