Speleognathopsis benoiti

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: Speleochirini
Genus: Speleognathopsis
Species: S. benoiti

Speleognathopsis benoiti Fain, 1956

Type locality: nasal cavity of Scotornis tossii welwitsclii Boc. (nightjar), Mohero near Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
Holotype: MRAC slide No. 112368 — ♀?

Speleognathopsis benoiti was formally described by Fain (1956: 29–31) after a first citation in Fain (1955: 696; nomen nudum).
Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 417-419).

Fain, A. 1955. Sur le parasitisme des fosses nasales chez les mammifères et les oiseaux par les acariens de la famille Speleognathidae (Acarina). Description d'une espèce nouvelle chez la chauve-souris. Annales de la Société belge de Médecine tropicale 35: 689–700.
Fain, A. 1956. Les acariens de la famille Speleognathidae Womersley au Ruanda-Urundi. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 53: 17–50.
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.