Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae

Taxonavigation

edit
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: Psittaboydaia
Subgenus: Psittaboydaia [nominal subgenus]
Species: P. (P.) psittaculae

Name

edit

Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae (Fain, 1962)

  • Type locality: nasal cavity of Psittacula krameri (Scopoli) (Aves, Psittacidae) from Ethiopia [also known as Abyssinia] but dead in the zoological garden of Antwerpen (Belgium)
  • Holotype: MRAC slide No. 119793 — ♀
  • Type species of the genus Psittaboydaia

Synonyms

edit
  • Neoboydaia psittaculae, original combination
  • Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) psittaculae, combination used by Fain (1962a: 7)
  • Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae, subsequent combination advanced by Fain (1985: 147)

Notes

edit
  • Psittaboydaia (Psittaboydaia) psittaculae was formally described by Fain (1962b: 318–321).
  • Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 415-416).

References

edit
  • Fain, A. 1962a. 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. 1962b. Acariens parasites des voies respiratoires des Psittaciformes. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale belge d'Entomologie, 98: 312–232.
  • 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
edit