Neopicobia modularis ( Skoracki and Magowski, 2001 )

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 : 35

Neopicobia modularis ( Skoracki and Magowski, 2001)

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Picobia modularis Skoracki and Magowski, 2001: 114 , figs. 1–8. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Neopicobia modularis, Skoracki 2011: 386 , figs. 288–290.

Type host: Prunella modularis (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Prunellidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Host range and distribution. Metastenoxenous species associated with birds of the genus Prunella ( Passeriformes : Prunellidae ): P. a t ro g u l a r i s (Brandt) from Mongolia ( Skoracki 2011), P. modularis (Linnaeus) from Poland ( Skoracki & Magowski 2001) and Pyrrhula ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ): Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus) from Slovakia ( Klimovicova & Hromada 2014).

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FIGURE 26. Neopicobia spp. female. N. ictericus (Skoracki and Glowska, 2010) (A – D). A, apodemes I and II; B, propodonotal shield; C, region of setal base d 1; D, pygidial shield. N. carpodacus (Skoracki et al., 2010) (E, F). E, pygidial shield; F, coxal fields III and IV. N. modularis (Skoracki and Magowski, 2001) (G). G, coxal fields III and IV. N. cardinalis (Skoracki et al., 2010) (H – K). H, coxal fields III and IV; I, propodonotal shield; J, pygidial shield; K, region of setal base d 1. N. troglodytes (Skoracki et al., 2010) (L). L, pygidial shield.