Boydaia sturni

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. sturni

Name

Boydaia sturni (Boyd, 1948)

Type locality: nasal cavity of Sturnus vulgaris (Aves, Sturnidae), Ithaca, N.Y. (U.S.A.)
Holotype: USNM — ♀
Type species of the genus Boydaia

The species described by Boyd does not have the same host as Ereynetes crassipes contrary to the statement by Cooreman (1954: 428).
Line drawings of habitus and SEMs of leg I observed on Polish specimens by Skoracki et al. (2012: 83)

Boyd, E.M. 1948. A new mite from the respiratory tract of the starling (Acarina, Speleognathidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50(1): 9–14.
Cooreman, J. 1954. Sur un acarien nouveau, parasite des fosses nasales des oiseaux er remarques sur la famille des Speleognathidae. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparée, 29: 426–432.
Skoracki, M., Zabludovskaya, S.A. & Bochkov, A.V. 2012. A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds. Acarina 20(2): 67–107. Reference page.
Womersley, H. 1954 (1953). A new genus and species of Speleognathidae (Acarina) from South Austialia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 82–84.