Speleognathopsis onychognathi

Taxonavigation

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. onychognathi

Name

Speleognathopsis onychognathi Fain, 1964

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Onychognathus walleri elgonensis (Sharpe) (Aves, Sturnidae), Butare [formerly Astrida] (Rwanda)
• Holotype: MRAC slide No. 126703 — ♀

Synonymy

• Astrida (Astrida) onychognathi, original combination
• Speleognathopsis onychognathi, subsequent combination proposed by Fain (1985: 150) and used by Skoracki et al. (2012: 419)

Notes

• Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 419)

References

• Fain, A. 1964: Nouveaux Rhinonyssidae et Ereynetidae parasites nasicoles d'oiseaux (Acarina: Mesostigmata et Trombidiformes). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines. 70(1-2): 29–39.
• 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., Zabludovskaya, S.A. & Bochkov, A.V. 2012. A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds. Acarina 20(2), 67-107.
• 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. 

Links

• MRAC collection
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus