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Neastrida Fain 1962

Description

Genus Neastrida Fain, 1962

Neastrida Fain, 1962a: 9.

Type species: Astrida parrae Fain, 1956 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Palps with 2 segments. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal shield present. Propodonotal region with 5 pairs of setae (se absent). Hysteronotal region with 5 pairs of setae (h2 absent). Genital series with 3 pairs of setae. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Pseudanal series with 1 pair of setae. Setae 1a, 3a and 4a present. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–1, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 6–4–3–3, genua 4–4–2–2, tibiae 5–3– 3–3. Setae situated in anterior part of tarsi I–IV normally developed.

Remarks. The monotypic genus associated with birds of the order Charadriiformes and recorded in the Afrotropical region (Fain 1956d, 1963d).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4403 (3) on pages 407-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1212849

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ereynetidae
Genus
Neastrida
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fain
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neastrida Fain, 1962 sec. Skoracki, Schmidt, Marciniak & Marciniak, 2018

References

  • Fain, A. (1962 a) Les Acariens parasites nasicoles des Batraciens. Revision des Lawrencarinae Fain, 1957 (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 38, 1 - 69.
  • Fain, A. (1956 d) Astrida parrae n. sp. nouvel acarien (Speleognathidae - Trombidiformes) parasitant les fosses nasales du Parra commun (Actophilornis africanus Gmel.). Rivista di Parassitologia, 17, 113 - 118.
  • Fain, A. (1963 d) Chaetotaxie et classification des Speleognathinae. Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 39, 1 - 80.