Boydaia zosteropis Fain, 1963

Skoracki, Maciej, Schmidt, Karl-Heinz, Marciniak, Natalia & Marciniak, Martyna, 2018, A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4403 (3), pp. 401-440 : 426-427

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scientific name	Boydaia zosteropis Fain, 1963
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Boydaia zosteropis Fain, 1963d: 43 , 59, fig. 39, 1970: 320; Domrow 1969: 381. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Boydaia (Boydaia) zosteropis, Fain 1971: 100 , 110, fig. 10.

Type host: Zosterops senegalensis stuhlmanni Reichenow ( Passeriformes : Zosteropidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si. Sensillae SEa-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–2, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claws of leg I long, subequal, and sharp-ended.

Host and distribution. Passeriformes (Zosteropidae) : ZOsterOps senegalensis stuhlmanni Reichenow (= Z. s. scOtti) from Rwanda [Eastern Prov., Cyangugu, Rugege forest] ( Fain 1963d).

Non-African hosts and distribution. Zosteropidae : ZOsterOps lateralis (Latham) from Australia ( Domrow 1969).