Rafapicobia toxostoma Sikora, Fajfer and 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 : 78

Rafapicobia toxostoma Sikora, Fajfer and Skoracki, 2011

( Figs. 60 D, E)

Rafapicobia toxostoma Sikora et al., 2011: 34 , figs. 12–25. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM, examined.

Type host. Toxostoma curvirostre (Swainson) ( Passeriformes : Mimidae ). Type locality. USA.

Host range and distribution. Monoxenous species inhabiting Toxostoma curvirostre (Swainson) ( Passeriformes : Mimidae ) in USA (Texas) ( Sikora et al. 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.