Fig 87 (a). Sternostoma setifer female dorsal habitus.
Fig 87 (b). Sternostoma setifer female dorsum.
Fig 87 (c). Sternostoma setifer female venter.
North American host records:
Tyrannidae:
Empidonax minimus, Least Flycatcher (Knee et al. 2008)
Diagnostic characteristics:
– subapical ventral and ventrolateral setae of tarsi II – IV are relatively long spines
– four pairs of setae in the dorsal opisthosomal unsclerotized integument
– paranal setae posterior to anal opening, and postanal seta absent
References:
Knee, W. 2008. Five new species of Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) and one new species of Dermanyssus
(Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae) from birds of Alberta and Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Parasitology, 94: 348-374.
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.
