Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni

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: Ophthalmognathus
Species: O. schoutedeni

Name edit

The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it is a redundant synonym of Ophthalmognathus dogieli.

Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni (Fain, 1956)

Type locality: nasal cavity of Ardeola idae Hartl., Mohero near Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
Holotype: MRAC slide No. 112356 — ♀

Speleognathus schoutedeni, original combination
Speleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, subsequent combination used by Fain (1958: 178)
Neoboydaia (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, subsequent combination used by Fain (1962: 7)
Trispeleognathus (Neospeleognathus) schoutedeni, subsequent combination used by Fain (1963: 23)
Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni, subsequent combination advanced by Domrow (1969: 392)

Junior synonym of Ophthalmognathus dogieli according to Domrow (1969: 392), synonymy also reported by Fain & Goff (1980: 506)

Ophthalmognathus schoutedeni was formally described by Fain (1956: 18-21) after a first citation by Fain (1955: 695; nomen nudum).
The synonymy with Ophthalmognathus dogieli was already supposed by Fain (1958: 179) and was confirmed by Domrow (1969: 392).
Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 411).

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Fain, A. 1956. Les acariens de la famille Speleognathidae Womersley au Ruanda-Urundi. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines, 53: 17–50.
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. Chaetotaxie et classification des Speleognathinae. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 39(9): 1–80.
Fain, A. & Goff, M.L. 1980. Speleognathine mites (Acari: Ereynetidae) from birds in the Hawaiian Islands, with description of a new species. Journal of Medical Entomology 17(6): 506-8.
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.