Boydaia buphagi Fain, 1961

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 : 422-423

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5997207
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scientific name	Boydaia buphagi Fain, 1961
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Boydaia buphagi Fain, 1961a: 58 , fig. 18, 19, 22, 1963d: 56, 66, 76, fig. 16, 1971: 100, 104, fig. 17. Holotype in RMCA, examined.

Type host: Buphagus africanus Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Buphagidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si.

Sensillae rod-like. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1 pair of setae. 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 (Buphagidae) : Buphagus africanus Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] ( Fain 1961a).