Dubininia africana Gaud, 1980

Mironov, Sergey V., Ehrnsberger, Rainer & Dabert, Jacek, 2017, Feather mites of the genera Dubininia and Cacatualges (Acari: Xolalgidae) associated with parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of the Old World, Zootaxa 4272 (4), pp. 451-490 : 466

Dubininia africana Gaud, 1980

( Figs. 10 , 12 E–H)

Dubininia africana Gaud 1980: 10 –13, figs. 1a–c; Gaud and Atyeo 1981a: 68.

Material examined. 1 male (AMU01759) from Poicephalus rufiventris (Ruppell) (Psittacidae) ( UMB 1638 ), East Africa, no other data ; 1 male (AMU01760) from P. cryptoxanthus (Peters) (Psittacidae) ( UMB 16235), Tanzania, Mbinga District, Matengo Highlands, Ugano , 1 April 1936, coll. unknown.

Dubininia africana was recorded by Gaud (1980) from various parrots in Africa: Poicephalus senegalus (Linnaeus) (type host) in Cameroon, P. gulielmi (Jardine) and P. rufiventris (Ruppell) in Kenia , P. robustus (Gmelin) in Zaire, Psittacus erythacus Linnaeus (Psittacidae) in Cameroon, and Agapornis pullarius (Linnaeus) (Psittaculidae) in Cameroon and Zaire. Associations of this mite with the two latter hosts look questionable and most probably these records were the results of contamination, since Gaud collected this material from museum skins. Materials of Gaud were not available for our study. In the present work, Poicephalus cryptoxanthus is a new host record for this mite.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Dubininia africana Gaud, 1980, male. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 12. Tibiae and tarsi of male. A – D— Dubininia psittacina (Trouessart, 1885), legs I – IV, respectively, E – H— D. africana Gaud, 1980, legs I – IV, respectively.