Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska, Dragun-Damian and Dabert, 2012

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 : 55

Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska, Dragun-Damian and Dabert, 2012

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Picobia dziabaszewski Glowska et al., 2012: 59 , figs. 1–7; Klimovicova et al. 2014: 398. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Trochalopteron formosum (Verreaux) ( Passeriformes : Leiothrichidae ). Type locality: China.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the laughingthrushes ( Passeriformes : Leiothrichidae ): Trochalopteron formosum (Verreaux) from China ( Glowska et al. 2012), Turdoides jardineii (Smith) from Kenya and Tanzania, T. rubiginosa (Ruppell) from Kenya, and T. leucopygia (Ruppell) from Namibia and Zambia ( Klimovicova et al. 2014).

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FIGURE 42. Picobia spp., female. P. dziabaszewski Glowska et al., 2012 (A, B). A, pygidial shield; B, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. hylocichlae Skoracki et al., 2014 (C, D). C, pygidial shield; D, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. phoenicuri Skoracki and Hromada, 2013 (E, F). E, pygidial shield; F, opisthosoma in ventral view.