Rafapicobia zirnitra Skoracki, 2011

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 : 77

Rafapicobia zirnitra Skoracki, 2011

( Figs. 60 A–C)

Rafapicobia zirnitra Skoracki, 2011: 392 , figs. 293–296. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Type host: Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Additional material. Two females from Luscinia cyanura (Pallas) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), JAPAN: Shinano Prov., 3 October 1911, coll. R. Frenk, all material in AMU; 1 female and 2 males from same host species, CHINA: 21 March 1912, coll. unknown, all material in AMU; 3 females and 1 male from Luscinia akahige (Temminck) (Muscicapidae) , JAPAN: 3 May 1912, coll. J. Gengler, all material in AMU; 1 female from Luscinia sibilans (Swinhoe) (Muscicapidae) , CHINA: Weihai, 12 May 1911, coll. H. Lynes, specimen in AMU; 1 female from Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas) (Muscicapidae) , CHINA: Jangtsze, Schaschi, 19 December 1899, coll. Haberer, specimen in AMU.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the Old World flycatchers ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ): Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas) from Poland ( Skoracki 2011), Luscinia cyanura (Pallas) [new host] from Japan and China, Luscinia akahige (Temminck) [new host] from Japan, Luscinia sibilans (Swinhoe) [new host] from China, Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas) [new host] from China (present paper), and Saxicola rubetra (Linnaeus) from Poland ( Skoracki 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 60. Rafapicobia spp., female. R. zirnitra Skoracki, 2011 (A – C). A, anterior part of propodonotal shield; B, pygidial shield; C, opisthosoma in ventral view. R. toxostoma Sikora et al., 2011 (D, E). D, anterior part of propodonotal shield; E, pygidial shield. R. thamnophili Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 (F, G). F, hysteronotal shield; G, opisthosoma in ventral view.