Calamincola Casto, 1978

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 : 8

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Genus Calamincola Casto, 1978 View in CoL

Calamincola Casto, 1978: 158 View in CoL , non Cuculiphilus Casto, 1977: 170 View in CoL (name preoc.); Fain et al. 2000: 34; Skoracki 2011: 326. Type species: Calamincola lobatus Casto, 1978 View in CoL , by original designation.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Hypostomal apex rounded. Peritremes U-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 unpaired posteromedial shield bearing bases of setae c1. Opisthonotal lobes present. Bases of setae 1a coalesced. Pseudanal series represented by 2 pairs of setae. Genital series with 1 pair of setae. Genital lobes absent. Apodemes I with small thorn-like protuberances. Legs with full complement of solenidia. Physogastric form with extremely enlarged idiosoma , worm-shaped in outline.

MALE. Features as in females except: peritremes M-shaped; propodonotal shield entire; opisthonotal lobes absent; genital setal series with 2 pairs.

Species included. Monotypic genus, C. lobatus Casto, 1977 only.

Host range. Cuculiformes : Cuculidae .

Distribution. Nearctic region ( USA, Mexico).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
SuperOrder	Acariformes
Order	Trombidiformes
SubOrder	Prostigmata
Family	Syringophilidae
SubFamily	Picobiinae