Boydaia indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Eupodina
Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae
Tribus: Boydaiini
Genus: Boydaia
Species: B. indica

Name

Boydaia indica Fain, 1969

  • Type locality: nasal cavity of Acridotheres tristis (Aves, Sturnidae), from India but birds dead in the zoological garden of Antwerpen (Belgium)
  • Holotype: IRSNB — larva

Synonyms

  • Boydaia indica, original combination
  • Boydaia (Boydaia) indica, subsequent combination used by Fain (1971: 100, 104)

Notes

  • A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).
  • Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 424).

References

  • Fain, A. 1969. Nouveaux Speleognathinae parasites nasicoles d'oiseaux (Acarina : Trombidiformes). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 80(3-4): 369–376.
  • Fain, A. 1971. Clé et liste des espèces du genre Boydaia Womersley (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia 13(1): 98–112.
  • Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page. 
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