Neoboydaia philomachi

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: Neoboydaia
Species: philomachi

Two not nominal subspecies: eroliae was described by Fain & Hyland (1970), thalasseus was described by Fain & Hyland (1975).

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Neoboydaia philomachi (Fain, 1956)

Type locality: nasal cavity of Philomachus pugnax (Aves, Scolopacidae), Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
Holotype: MRAC slide No. 112386 — ♀
Type species of the genus Neoboydaia

Boydaia philomachi, original combination
Boydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi subsequent combination used by Fain (1958: 179)
Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi subsequent combination used by Fain (1962: 7)
Neoboydaia philomachi, subsequent combination used by Fain (1985: 148) & Skoracki et al. (2018: 409)

Neoboydaia philomachi was shortly (11 lines, no drawings) described by Fain (1956a: 41).
A formal description with drawings is given by Fain (1956b: 27–30).
Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 409).

Fain, A. 1956a. Les acariens de la famille Speleognathidae Womersley au Ruanda-Urundi. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines, 53: 17–50.
Fain, A. 1956b. Notes sur les acariens du genre Boydaia Womersley (Speleognathidae) parasites des fosses nasales des oiseaux et des mammiferes. Description d'une espèce nouvelle. Rivista di parassitologia 17: 27—34.
Fain, A. 1958. Notes sur les Acariens de la sous-famille Speleognathinae. Essai de groupement sous-générique. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 58: 175–183.
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. 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.
Fain, A. & Hyland, K.E. 1970. Acariens nasicoles des Oiseaux du Mexique. III. Familles Ereynetidae et Turbinoptidae. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale d’Entomologie de Belgique 106: 37–46.
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.