Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013

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 : 26

Genus Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013

Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada, 2013: 196 .

Type species: Picobia zumpti Lawrence, 1959 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex bumpy. Peritremes V-shaped. Setae vi situated anterior to level of setae ve. Propodonotal shield divided into 2 wide lateral shields bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and se, and large unpaired medial shield bearing bases of setae c1. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a coalesced. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs. Genital setae absent. Apodemes I without thorn-like protuberances. Legs with full complement of solenidia. Physogastric form with distinctly enlarged idiosoma , worm-shaped in outline.

MALE. Features as in females except: peritremes M-shaped; propodonotal shield entire, bearing bases of all propodonotal setae except c2; genital setal series represented by 2 pairs.

Species included. Two species: G. masalaje Kaszewska et al., 2014 and G. zumpti ( Lawrence, 1959) .

Host range. Columbiformes : Columbidae .

Distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa), Nearctic ( USA), Oceanian ( Papua New Guinea), Oriental ( Indonesia), and Palaearctic ( Poland) regions.