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: Trispeleognathini
Genus: Neastrida
Species: Neastrida parrae

Name

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Neastrida parrae (Fain, 1956)

  • Type locality: nasal cavity of Actophilornis africanus Gmel. (Aves, Jacanidae), Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
  • Holotype: MRAC slide No. 112407 — ♀
  • Type species of the genus Neastrida

Synonyms

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  • Astrida parrae, original combination, combination also used by Fain (1963: 373)
  • Astrida (Neastrida) parrae, subsequent combination proposed by Fain (1962: 9)
  • Neastrida parrae, subsequent combination already used by Fain (1962: 9), advanced by Fain (1985: 148) and used by Skoracki et al. (2018: 408)

Notes

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  • Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 408).

References

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  • Fain, A. 1956. Astrida parrae n. sp. nouvel acarien (Speleognathidae-Trombidiformes) parasitant les fosses nasales du parra commun (Actophilornis africanus Gmel.). Rivista di Parassitologia 17(2) : 113–118.
  • Fain, A. 1962. Les Acariens parasites nasicoles des batraciens : Révision des Lawrencarinae Fain, 1957. (Ereynetidae : Trombidiformes). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique 38(25): 1–69.
  • Fain, A. 1963. Les solénidions chez les Ereynetidae (Acarina: Trombidiformes). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 22: 367–374.
  • Fain, A. 1985. Systematic notes on the Speleognathinae (Acari, Ereynetidae) with description of new taxa and a key to the Trispeleognathini. Bulletin & Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie 121: 143–152.
  • 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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