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

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

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

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

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.