Sternostoma technaui (Vitzthum, 1935)
Fig 82 (a). Sternostoma technaui female dorsal habitus.
Fig 82 (b). Sternostoma technaui female dorsum.
Fig 82 (c). Sternostoma technaui female venter.
Sternostoma (=Sternostomum) technaui (Vitzthum, 1935)
North American host records:
Turdidae:
Turdus migratorius,
American Robin
(Pence 1972, 1975; Knee et al. 2008)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- one dorsal shield
- sternal setae are large, proximally inflated blunt-tipped spines
- subapical ventral and ventrolateral setae of tarsi II - IV relative to body
setae are short
spines
- at least five pairs of setae in the dorsal opisthosomal unsclerotized integument
- paranal setae level with anal opening, and postanal seta present
References:
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.
Vitzthum, H.G. 1935. Milben aus der nasenhohle von Vogeln.
Journal fur
Ornithologie, 83: 563-587.