Ophthalmognathus tenorioae Fain and Goff, 1980

Skoracki, Maciej, Schmidt, Karl-Heinz, Marciniak, Natalia & Marciniak, Martyna, 2018, A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4403 (3), pp. 401-440 : 412

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997156
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scientific name	Ophthalmognathus tenorioae Fain and Goff, 1980
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Ophthalmognathus tenorioae Fain and Goff, 1980: 506 , figs. 1–3; Goff 1983: 167. Holotype in BPBM, not examined; paratypes in RBINS, examined.

Type host: Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli Gmelin ( Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae ) from USA (Hawaii).

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 2 setae (Na-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae n Na-type, m Db-type. Propodonotal shield absent but small network of lines on cuticle between sensillary bases present. Sensillae si SC-type, other idiosomal setae (including coxal setae) Db-type. Femur I with 6 setae, femur IV with 3 setae.

Host and distribution. Pelecaniformes (Ardeidae) : NycticOrax nycticOrax Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (Fain & Goff 1980).

Non-African host and distribution. ( Ardeidae ): NycticOrax nycticOrax hOactli (Gmelin) from Hawaii, USA (Fain & Goff 1980).