Picobia echo Skoracki, Solarczyk and Sikora, 2012

Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), Zootaxa 4113 (1), pp. 1-95 : 58

Picobia echo Skoracki, Solarczyk and Sikora, 2012

( Figs. 43 G–I)

Picobia echo Skoracki et al., 2012b: 126 , figs. 10–21. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM, examined.

Type host: Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ). Type locality: D.R. Congo.

Additional material. One female (NPF), 3 females (PF) and 4 males from Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), INDONESIA: Java Isl., Sampung, 8 June 1909, coll. A. Primavesi, all material in AMU; 1 female (PF) and 1 male from Copsychus malabricus (Scopoli) (Muscicapidae) , NEPAL: 24 March 1962, coll. unknown, all material in AMU.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the flycatchers ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ): Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub from D. R. Congo ( Skoracki et al. 2012b), Copsychus malabricus (Scopoli) [new host] from Nepal, and C. saularis (Linnaeus) [new host] from Indonesia (present paper).

Figures

FIGURE 43. Picobia spp., female. P. myrmecocichla Skoracki et al., 2012 (A – C). A, propodonotal region; B, opisthosoma in ventral view; C, genito-anal region. P. cichladusa Skoracki et al., 2012 (D – F). D, propodonotal region; E, opisthosoma in ventral view; F, genito-anal region. P. e c ho Skoracki et al., 2012 (G – I). G, propodonotal region; H, opisthosoma in ventral view; I, genito-anal region. Scale bars: A, B, D, E, G, H = 50 µm; C, F, I = 20 µm.