Pipicobia locustella ( Skoracki, Bochkov and Wauthy, 2004 )

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 : 66-67

Pipicobia locustella ( Skoracki, Bochkov and Wauthy, 2004)

( Figs. 49 , 50 )

Picobia locustella Skoracki et al., 2004: 164 , figs. 21–27. Types deposited in AMU, examined.

Neopicobia locustella, Skoracki 2011: 389 , figs. 291–292.

Pipicobia locustella, Glowska & Schmidt 2014a: 58 .

Type host: Locustella naevia (Boddaert) ( Passeriformes : Locustellidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Host range and distribution. Oligoxenous species associated with birds of the genus Locustella ( Passeriformes : Locustellidae ): L. naevia (Boddaert) and L. luscinioides (Savi) , both from Poland ( Skoracki 2011).

Figures

FIGURE 49. Pipicobia locustella (Skoracki et al., 2004), female. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view.

FIGURE 50. Pipicobia locustella (Skoracki et al., 2004), female. A, hypostomal apex; B, proximal end of movable cheliceral digit; C, seta vi; D, opisthosoma in ventral view; E, peritreme; F, solenidia of leg I; G, tarsus III; H, apodemes I and II; I, hysteronotal shields. Scale bars: A – G = 20 µm; H, I = 50 µm.