Picobia pycnonoti Glowska, Skoracki and Khourly, 2007

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 : 48

Picobia pycnonoti Glowska, Skoracki and Khourly, 2007

( Figs. 36 C, D)

Picobia pycnonoti Glowska et al., 2007: 64 , figs. 1–7; Skoracki 2011: 346, figs. 256, 257; Klimovicova et al. 2014: 399. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Type host: Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Ehrenberg) ( Passeriformes : Pycnonotidae ). Type locality: Jordan.

Additional material. Three females (NPF) and 2 females (PF) from Pycnonotus goiavier (Scopoli) ( Passeriformes : Pycnonotidae ), PHILIPPINES: Romblon Prov., Sibuyan Isl. 1.5 km. S., 1.25 km. E. Magdiuang, Tampayan, 28 May 1989, coll. S. M. Goodman, all material in FMNH.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with the bulbuls of the genus Pycnonotus ( Passeriformes : Pycnonotidae ): P. barbatus (Desfontaines) from Kenya ( Klimovicova et al. 2014), P. goiavier (Scopoli) [new host] from Philippines (present paper), and P. xanthopygos (Ehrenberg) from Jordan ( Glowska et al. 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 36. Picobia spp., female. P. biarmicus Skoracki et al., 2004 (A, B). A, pygidial shield; B, opisthosoma in ventral view. P. pycnonoti Glowska et al., 2007 (C, D). C, pygidial shield; D, opisthosoma in ventral view.