Charadriineopicobia Skoracki, Spicer and OConnor, 2014

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 : 12

Genus Charadriineopicobia Skoracki, Spicer and OConnor, 2014

Charadriineopicobia Skoracki et al., 2014a: 102 .

Type species: Charadriineopicobia calidris Skoracki et al., 2014 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex tapering. Peritremes M-shaped. Setae vi situated anterior to level of setae ve. Propodonotal shield entire, bearing all propodonotal setae except c2. Opisthonotal and genital lobes absent. Bases of setae 1a separated. Pseudanal setal series represented by 1 pair. Genital setae absent. Apodemes I with or without thorn-like protuberances. Solenidia phi (φ) on tibiae I absent. Physogastric form with poorly enlarged idiosoma , bulb-shaped in outline.

MALE. Features as in females except: pseudanal setal series represented by 2 pairs, genital setal series represented by one pair.

Species included. Ch. apricaria sp. nov., Ch. calidris Skoracki et al., 2014 , and Ch. leucophaeus ( Skoracki et al., 2010) .

Host range. Charadriiformes : Charadriidae , Laridae and Scolopacidae .

Distribution. Nearctic ( USA) and Palaearctic ( France) regions.