Boydaia americana

Taxonavigation

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: Boydaiini
Genus: Boydaia
Species: B. americana

Name

Boydaia americana Fain, 1963

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Guiraca c. caerulea (L.) (Aves, Cardinalidae), from South America but dead in the zoological garden of Antwerpen (Belgium)
• Holotype: IRSNB — ♀

Synonyms

• Boydaia spatulata (americana), original combination
• Boydaia americana, subsequent combination used by Fain & Aitken (1968)

Notes

• Boydaia americana was first described as a subspecies of Boydaia spatulata (Fain, 1963: 46).
• Raised at a full specific level by Fain & Aitken (1968: 80).
• A list of hosts is given by Fain (1971).

References

• Fain, A. 1963. Chaetotaxie et classification des Speleognathinae. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 39(9): 1–80.
• Fain, A. 1971. Clé et liste des espèces du genre Boydaia Womersley (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Acarologia, 13(1): 98–112.
• Fain, A. & Aitken, T.H.G. 1968. Les Acariens parasites nasicoles des Oiseaux de Trinidad (Indes Occidentales). II. Ereynetidae : Speleognathinae. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale d’Entomologie de Belgique, 104: 80–84.

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus