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).

Name

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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

Synonyms

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  • 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)

Notes

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  • 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).

References

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  • 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
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