Ptilonyssus bombycillae Fain, 1972
Fig 111 (a). Ptilonyssus bombycillae female dorsal habitus.
Fig 111 (b). Ptilonyssus bombycillae female dorsum.
Fig 111 (c). Ptilonyssus bombycillae female venter.
North American host records:
Bombycillidae:
Bombycilla cedrorum,
Cedar Waxwing
(Pence 1973, 1975; Knee et al. 2008)
Bombycilla garrulus,
Bohemian Waxwing
(Spicer 1978; Canadian National Collection
of Insects and Arachnids; Knee et al. 2008)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- two dorsal
shields, podosomal and pygidial shields
- posterior margin of podosomal shield is trilobed
- st1 on sternal shield, st2 and st3 off shield
- subapical ventral setal pair on tarsus IV are relatively long strong spikes
- six pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
- five pairs of mesolateral setae
- mesolateral setae all approximately equal in length, there are not two pairs
of setae that are twice as long as another setal pair
- subposterior
pair of dorsal podosomal setae are as long or almost
as long as the longest mesolateral setae
- paranal setae posterior to anal opening, paranal and postanal setae are equal or
almost equal in length
References:
Fain, A. 1972. Nouveaux Rhinonyssidae (Acarina : Mesostigmata). Acarologia,
14: 357-364.
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. 1973. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana. VI. New and
additional records
of Dermanyssids (Rhinonyssinae) with
description of a new species.
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359-362.
Pence, D.B. 1975. Keys, species and host list, and bibliography for nasal
mites of
North American birds (Acarina:
Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae,
Speleognathinae, and Cytoditidae).
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Spicer, G.S. 1978. A new species and several new host records of avian
nasal mites (Acarina:
Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae). Journal of Parasitology, 64: 891-894.