Boydaia tyrannis

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: Boydaia tyrannis

Name

Boydaia tyrannis Ford, 1959

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Tyrannus tyrannus(L.) (Aves, Tyrannidae), Kellogg Gull Biological Station, Michigan (U.S.A.)
• Holotype: -

Synonyms

• Boydaia tyrannis, original combination
• Boydaia (Boydaia) tyrannis, subsequent combination useed by Fain (1971: 99, 103, 109)

Notes

• A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).

References

• Fain, A. 1971. Clé et liste des espèce du genre Boydaia Womersley (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia 13(1): 98–112.
• Ford, H.G. 1959. Boydaia tyrannis n. sp. (Acarina, Speleognathidae), a new mite from the nasal cavity of the Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus (L). Transactions of the American microscopical Society 78: 379–385.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus