Fig 78 (a). Rhinonyssus coniventris female dorsal habitus.
Fig 78 (b). Rhinonyssus coniventris female dorsum.
Fig 78 (c). Rhinonyssus coniventris female venter.
North American host records:
Charadriidae:
Charadrius alexandrinus, Snowy Plover (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Charadrius hiaticula, Common Ringed Plover (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Charadrius melodus, Piping Plover (Pence 1975)
Charadrius semipalmatus, Semipalmated Plover (Strandtmann 1951)
Charadrius wilsonia, Wilson’s Plover (Pence 1975)
Pluvialis squatarola, Grey Plover (Mitchell 1961)
Scolopacidae:
Arenaria interpres, Ruddy Turnstone(Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1975)
Calidris alba, Sanderling (Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972)
Calidris alpina, Dunlin (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Calidris canutus, Red Knot (Mitchell 1961; Canadian National Collection
of Insects and Arachnids)
Calidris ptilocnemis, Rock Sandpiper (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, Willet (Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972, 1975)
Tringa flavipes, Lesser Yellowlegs (Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972, 1975)
Diagnostic characteristics:
– podosomal shield is medially eroded, often medially divided.
– five or fewer pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
References:
Mitchell, R.W. 1961. New avian host records for some mesostigmatid mites. The
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Pence, D.B. 1972. The nasal mite of birds from Louisiana. I. Dermanyssids
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North American birds (Acarina: Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae,
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Strandtmann, R.W. 1951. The mesostigmatic nasal mites of birds. II. New and
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and hosts of the genus Rhinonyssus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society
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