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Harpypalpoides Lombert and Moss 1983

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Description

Genus Harpypalpoides Lombert and Moss, 1983

Lombert and Moss, 1983: 53 (Harpypalpinae); Fain et al. 1999: 53; Skoracki et al. 2004: 84, 2012: i13. Type species: Harpypalpoides lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983, by original designation

Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES: Setae se absent. Setae d1 situated close to si. Setae v’F I and v’F II present or absent. FEMALE: Alveoli of genital setae present.

Species included. This genus includes nine species: H. hirundinis Fain, 1972, H. hirundinoides sp. nov., H. johnstoni sp. nov., H. lesickii Skoracki, Bochkov and Sikora, 2004, H. lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983, H. namibiensis Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999, H. regulus sp. nov., H. sitta sp. nov., and H. sylvia sp. nov.

Hosts and distribution. These mites are recorded from passerines of 6 families in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America: Certioidea: Sittidae; Muscicapoidea: Turdidae; Passeroidea: Emberizidae, Fringillidae; Sylvioidea: Hirundinidae; Regulidae (family incertae sedis).

Notes

Published as part of Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the subfamily Harpypalpinae Fain, 1972 (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — parasites of passerine birds, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 3857 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/225728

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Harpirhynchidae
Genus
Harpypalpoides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Actinedida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Lombert and Moss
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Harpypalpoides and, 1983 sec. Klompen, 2014

References

  • Lombert, H. A. P. M. & Moss, W. W. (1983) Description and developmental cycle of Harpypalpoides lukoschusi gen. et sp. nov. (Acari, Harpyrhynchidae, Harpypalpinae) from the Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula (Aves: Passeriformes, Turdidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 135, 163 - 176.
  • Skoracki, M., Bochkov, A. V. & Sikora, B. (2004) New records of the cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from passeriform birds in Poland. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 6, 83 - 90.
  • Fain, A. (1972) Notes sur les Acariens des familles Cheyletidae et Harpyrhynchidae producteurs de gale chez les oiseaux ou les mammiferes. Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia, 56, 37 - 60.