Boydaia cecropis Fain, 1969

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 : 423

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997209
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scientific name	Boydaia cecropis Fain, 1969
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Boydaia cecropis Fain, 1969: 374 , figs. 6, 7, 1971: 98, 102, 109, figs. 24, 25. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Type host: Cecropis abyssinica unitatis (Sclater and Mackworth-Praed) ( Passeriformes : Hirundinidae ) from Rwanda.

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

Host and distribution. Passeriformes (Hirundinidae) : CecrOpis abyssinica unitatis (Sclater and Mackworth- Praed) from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Akanyaru] ( Fain 1969).