Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Boydaia sturni

Name

Boydaia sturni (Boyd, 1948)

  • Type locality: nasal cavity of Sturnus vulgaris (Aves, Sturnidae), Ithaca, N.Y. (U.S.A.)
  • Holotype: USNM — ♀
  • Type species of the genus Boydaia

Note:

The species described by Boyd does not have the same host as Ereynetes crassipes contrary to the statement by Cooreman (1954: 428)

References

  • Boyd, E.M. 1948. A new mite from the respiratory tract of the starling (Acarina, Speleognathidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50(1): 9–14.
  • Cooreman, J. 1954. Sur un acarien nouveau, parasite des fosses nasales des oiseaux er remarques sur la famille des Speleognathidae. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparée, 29: 426–432.
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