Sternostoma sialiphilus Hyland and Ford, 1961
Fig 92 (a). Sternostoma sialiphilus female dorsal habitus.
Fig 92 (b). Sternostoma sialiphilus female dorsum.
Fig 92 (c). Sternostoma sialiphilus female venter.
North American host records:
Hirundinidae:
Riparia riparia,
Sand Martin
(Knee et al. 2008)
Turdidae:
Sialia sialis,
Eastern Bluebird
(Hyland 1961; Hyland and Ford 1961; Pence 1972, 1975)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- subapical ventral and ventrolateral setae of tarsi II - IV are distally
inflated asymmetrical setae
- one pair of setae in the dorsal opisthosomal unsclerotized integument
- paranal setae posterior to anal opening, and paranal seta absent
References:
Hyland, K.E., and Ford, H.G. 1961. Sternostoma sialiphilus n. sp. (Acarina:
Rhinonyssidae)
from the nasal cavities of the
eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis (Linnaeus). Journal of Parasitology,
47: 101-104.
Knee, W., Proctor,
H., and Galloway, T. 2008. Survey of nasal mites (Rhinonyssidae,
Ereynetidae,
and Turbinoptidae) associated with birds in Alberta and
Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Entomologist,
140: 364-379.
Pence, D.B. 1972. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana II. The genus
Sternostoma
(Dermanyssidae: Rhinonyssinae).
Journal of Parasitology, 58: 781-889.
Pence, D.B. 1975. Keys, species and host list, and bibliography for nasal mites
of
North American birds (Acarina: Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae,
Speleognathinae,
and Cytoditidae). Special Publications of the Museum Texas
Tech University,
8:
1-148.