Harpypalpus holopus ( Berlese and Trouessart, 1889 )

Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the subfamily Harpypalpinae Fain, 1972 (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — parasites of passerine birds, Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 451-477 : 462

Harpypalpus holopus ( Berlese and Trouessart, 1889)

Harpyrhynchus holopus Berlese and Trouessart, 1889: 138

Sarcopterus holopus, Berlese 1893: 77, 1894 : fasc. 73, N 5, figs. 6–8

Harpypalpus holopus, Dubinin 1957: 100 , fig. 30Е, Ж ( Harpirhynchidae ); Fain 1972: 58; Moss 1979: 382; Lombert & Moss 1983: 164; Fain et al. 1999: 46; Bochkov & Literak 2006: 141; Skoracki et al. 2012: i13.

Non-type material examined. One male and 2 female tritonymphs ( IRSNB) from Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (Passeridae) , BELGIUM: Flemish Brabant Province, Tienen, 50°48'26''N 4°56'16''E, November 1964, coll. A. Fain.

Type deposition. Female type probably lost.

Remarks. This species was described based on a female from Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (Passeridae) from Italy ( Berlese & Trouessart 1889; Berlese 1893, 1894). Later on, a single male of this species was recorded and redescribed from Passer domesticus in Belgium ( Fain 1972; Fain et al. 1999). It was also collected from Passer domesticus , Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus) (Muscicapidae) , and Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus (Emberizidae) by Moss (1979—localities were not provided). Records from Luscinia svecica and Emberiza citrinella need in confirmation because mites from the former host are not represented in the Moss collection at OSAL and those from Emberiza citrinella are in too poor condition. Lombert & Moss (1983) mistakenly mentioned H. holopus as the type species of the genus Harpypalpus . The female of this species needs redescription.