Picobia oritis Skoracki, Antczak and Riegert, 2009

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 : 51

Picobia oritis Skoracki, Antczak and Riegert, 2009

( Figs. 38 G–I)

Picobia oritis Skoracki et al., 2009: 133 , figs. 15–25; Klimovicova et al. 2014: 258. Types deposited in AMU, RMCA and ZISP, examined.

Type host: Cyanomitra oritis (Reichenow) ( Passeriformes : Nectariniidae ). Type locality: Cameroon.

Additional material. One female (PF) from Cinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Nectariniidae ), SOUTH AFRICA: 20 August 1955, coll. F. J. R. Junor, specimen in FMNH.

Host range and distribution. Stenoxenous species associated with the sunbirds ( Passeriformes : Nectariniidae ): Cinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus) [new host] from South Africa (present paper), C. erythrocercus (Hartlaub) from Uganda, C. talatala Smith from Botswana and Zambia, C. oustaleti (Bocage) from Angola, C. venustus (Shaw) from Somalia ( Klimovicova et al. 2014), Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith) from Kenya ( Skoracki et al. 2011), and C. oritis (Reichenow) from Cameroon ( Skoracki et al. 2009).

Figures

FIGURE 38. Picobia spp., female. P. paludicola Skoracki and Kiljan, 2002 (A – C). A, pygidial shield; B, opisthosoma in ventral view; C, proximal end of movable cheliceral digit. P. ploceus Klimovicova et al., 2014 (D – F). D, pygidial shield; E, opisthosoma in ventral view; F, proximal end of movable cheliceral digit. P. oritis Skoracki et al., 2009 (G – I). G, pygidial shield; H, opisthosoma in ventral view; I, proximal end of movable cheliceral digit.