Neopicobia hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 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 hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 2014

( Figs. 27 A–E)

Neopicobia hepburni Glowska and Laniecka, 2014: 636 , figs. 1–5. Types depsoited in AMU and USNM, examined.

Type host: Picumnus sclateri Taczanowski ( Piciformes : Picidae ). Type locality: Peru.

Additional material. 14 females and 3 males from Picumnus temminckii Lafresnaye ( Piciformes : Picidae ), PARAGUAY: 3 November 1938, coll. A. Neunteufel, all material in AMU.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with the piculets of the genus Picumnus ( Piciformes : Picidae ): P. o l i v a c e u s Lafresnaye and P. sclateri Taczanowski , both from Peru ( Glowska & Laniecka 2014), and P. temminckii Lafresnaye [new host] from Paraguay (present paper).

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.