Neopicobia freya Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014

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 : 37

Neopicobia freya Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014

( Figs. 27 K, L)

Neopicobia freya Skoracki et al., 2014b: 74 , figs. 4–6. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM, examined.

Type host: Dryocopus galeatus (Temminck) ( Piciformes : Picidae ). Type locality: Paraguay.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the woodpeckers ( Piciformes : Picidae ): Dryocopus galeatus (Temminck) from Paraguay, Piculus rubiginosus (Swainson) from Panama ( Skoracki et al. 2014b), Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert) from Tanzania and D. goertae (Muller) from Kenya ( Klimovicova et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 27. Neopicobia spp. female. N. hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 2014 (A – E). A, propodonotal shield; B, hysteronotal shield; C, coxal fields III and IV; D, pygidial shield; E, opisthosoma in ventral view. N. ea Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 (F – H). F, hysteronotal shield; G, pygidial shield; H, coxal fields III and IV. N. freya Skoracki and Unsoeld, 2014 (K, L). K, pygidial shield; L, opisthosoma in ventral view.