Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995

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 : 19

Genus Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995

Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995: 82 ; Skoracki 2011: 373 .

Picobia, Bochkov & Mironov 1998: 15 .

Type species: Columbiphilus khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex variable in shape. 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, unpaired medial shield present or absent. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a coalesced. Pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs. Genital series with 1 pair of setae. Apodemes I without thorn-like protuberances. Legs with full complement of solenidia. Physogastric form with distinctly enlarged idiosoma , variable in shape.

MALE. Features as in females except: propodonotal shield entire or divided into 3 sclerites; genital setal series represented by 2 pairs.

Species included. Four species: C. alectoris ( Fain et al., 2000) , C. khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 , C. odontophoridus Skoracki and Sikora, 2011 , and C. pteroclesi ( Skoracki and OConnor, 2010).

Host range. Galliformes : Numididae , Phasianidae , Odontophoridae .

Pteroclidiformes : Pteroclididae .

Distribution. Afrotropical ( South Africa, Rwanda and undefined precisely localities in Central and Eastern Africa), Nearctic ( USA), Neotropical ( Colombia, Surinam), Oriental ( India), Palaearctic ( Afghanistan, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland), Saharo-Arabian ( Egypt), and Sino-Jappanese ( Japan) regions.