Harpypalpus Dubinin 1957

Abstract

Genus Harpypalpus Dubinin, 1957 Dubinin, 1957: 53 (Harpyrhynchidae); Lawrence 1959: 416 (Myobiidae); Fain 1972: 57; Moss & Wojcik 1978: 249; Moss 1979: 382; Lombert & Moss 1983: 164; Domrow 1991: 1314; Fain et al. 1999: 45; Skoracki et al. 2004: 86, 2012: i 13. Type species: Harpyrhynchus longipes Fritsch, 1954, by original designation Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES: Setae se present, situated off propodonotal shield almost at same transverse level as setae si. Setae d 1 situated distantly from si. Setae vF III and vF IV present or absent. FEMALE: Alveoli of genital setae absent. Species included. This genus includes ten species: H. dubinini Fain, 1972, H. holopus (Berlese and Trouessart, 1889), H. lonchura sp. nov., H. longipes (Fritsch, 1954), H. pyrrhula sp. nov., H. serini Fain, 1972, H. spermestes Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999, H. sturnus sp. nov., H. taeniopygia sp. nov., and H. tiarae Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999. Hosts and distribution. These mites are recorded from birds of 11 families in Europe, Africa, Australia, and North America: Certhioidea: Troglodytidae; Corvoidea: Corvidae; Muscicapoidea: Muscicapidae, Sturnidae; Passeroidea: Emberizidae, Estrildidae, Fringillidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Thraupidae; Sylvioidea: Paridae.Published as part of Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the subfamily Harpypalpinae Fain, 1972 (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — parasites of passerine birds, pp. 451-477 in Zootaxa 3857 (4) on pages 457-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22572