Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki, Unsoeld, Skorupski and Kavetska, 2014

Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), Zootaxa 4113 (1), pp. 1-95 : 79

Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki, Unsoeld, Skorupski and Kavetska, 2014

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Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki et al., 2014: 229 , figs. 1, 2. Types deposited in ZSM, AMU and ZISP, examined.

Type host: Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus ( Gruiformes : Rallidae ). Type locality: Germany.

Additional material. 16 females from Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) ( Gruiformes : Ralidae ), JAPAN: Yokohama area, coll. Haberer, all material in AMU and ZSM.

Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the rallid birds ( Gruiformes : Rallidae ): Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson) from Chile, P. parva (Scopoli) from Kirghizia, P. porzana (Linnaeus) from France, Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus from Germany ( Skoracki et al. 2014), and Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) [new host] from Japan (present paper).

Figures

FIGURE 61. Rafapicobia spp., female. R. lepidocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012 (A, B). A, hysteronotal setae d 1; B, opisthosoma in ventral view. R. dendrocolaptesi Skoracki and Solarczyk, 2012 (C). C, pygidial shield. R. milenskyi Glowska and Schmidt, 2014 (D). D, pygidial shield. R. melzeri Skoracki et al., 2014 (E). E, anterior part of propodonotal shield.