Meropiboydaia merops (Fain, 1956)

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 : 405

Meropiboydaia merops (Fain, 1956)

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Boydaia merops Fain, 1955b: 694, 1956a: 41 , 1956c: 30, fig. 2. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Aureliania merops, Fain 1958b: 177 .

Neoboydaia (Aureliania) merops, Fain 1963c: 61 .

Neoboydaia merops, Domrow 1966: 210, 1969: 389 .

Meropiboydaia merops, Fain 1985a: 146 .

Type host: Merops apiaster Linnaeus (Coraciifomes: Meropidae ) from Rwanda.

Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Be-type and 1 Bp-type) and solenidion. Sensillae si SD-type, c1, c2 and all hysteronotal setae Na-type. Ventral idiosomal setae (including coxae) Bd-type.

Host and distribution. Coraciifomes ( Meropidae ): MerOps apiaster Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare and Akanyaru] ( Fain 1955b, 1956a, 1956c; present study).

Non-African host and distribution. Meropidae : MerOps Ornatus Latham from Australia ( Domrow 1966).

New material examined. Four females and 2 larvae from MerOps apiaster ( Coraciiformes : Meropidae ), RWANDA: Southern Province, Akanyaru, October 1955, coll. A. Fain; specimens deposited in the RBINS.

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FIGURE 3. Meropiboydaia merops (Fain, 1956), adult. A, idiosoma in dorsal view; B, idiosoma in ventral view; C, gnathosoma in ventral view.