Picinyssus buccanodon

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae
Tribus: Trispeleognathini
Genus: Picinyssus
Species: P. buccanodon

Name

Picinyssus buccanodon Fain, 1969

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Buccanodon duchaillui (Aves, Lybiidae), Butahiro (North Kivu), Virunga National Park [formerly Albert National Park] (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Holotype: MRAC, slide No. 140075, ♀
• Type species of the genus Picinyssus

Notes

• Holotype examined and species redescribed by Skoracki et al. (2018: 414).

References

• Fain, A. 1969. Nouveaux Speleognathinae parasites nasicoles d'oiseaux (Acarina: Trombidiformes). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 52(3-4): 369–376.
• Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page. 

Links

• MRAC collection
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus