Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus Cerny and Sixl 1971
Creators: name: Klompen, Hans
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Harpirhynchidae
Harpyrhynchoides
Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus

description: Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus (Cerny and Sixl, 1971)
(Fig. 4 A)
Harpyrhynchus rubeculinus Cerny and Sixl, 1971: 388, figs. 1–3.
Harpirhynchus (Harpyrhynchoides) rubeculinus, Fain 1994: 138.
Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus, Fain et al. 1999: 45, figs. 17–19; Bochkov & Literak 2008: 230, figs. 1–5; Skoracki et al. 2012: i19.
Diagnosis. FEMALE. Palp femoragenu without lateral notches. Palpalae l”G at least twice as long as dF. Body, including gnathosoma, 360–400 long. Setae h2 100–130 long. Vulva without long lateral folds. Genua I and II with 4 setae (v ” present). Apical segment of legs III with 5 setae, apical segment of legs IV with 4 setae.
Non-type material. Six females and 1 male (ZISP AVB 07-1016-001) from Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), CZECH REPUBLIC: Moravskoslezsky Kraj, Novy Jicin, Sub-Beskidian Hills, Certak, 49º34 N, 17º59 E, 2 April 2007, coll. I. Literak (field number TE 05034); 9 females and 1 male (AVB 07- 1016-002) from same host and locality, 3 April 2007 (TE 05070); 3 females (AVB 07-1016-003) from same host and locality, 4 April 2007 (TE 05083); 2 females and 1 male (AVB 07-1016-004) from same host and locality, 7 April 2007 (TE 05134); 1 female (AVB 07-1016-005) from same host and locality, 7 April 2007 (TE 05138); 10 females and 2 males (AVB 07-1016-006) from same host and locality, 7 April 2007 (TE 05143); 6 females and 1 male (AVB 07-1016-007) from same host and locality, 8 April 2007 (TE 05151); 5 females (AVB 07-1016-008), 8 April 2007 (TE 05164); 8 females and 1 female larva (AVB 07-1016-009) from same host and locality, 9 April 2007 (TE 05169); 2 females, 3 males, 1 male protonymph and 1 female larva (AVB 07-1016-010) from same host and locality, 9 April 2007 (TE 05172); 3 females and 4 males (AVB 07-1016-011) from same host and locality, 9 April 2007 (TE 05175); 6 females, 6 female tritonymph (one pharate with female), 1 male tritonymph, 1 female protonymph and 1 male larva (AVB 07-1016-012) from same host and locality, 10 April 2007 (TE 05189); 3 females (AVB 07-1016-013) from same host and locality, 12 April 2007 (TE 05214); 6 females (AVB 07-1016- 014) from same host and locality, 12 April 2007 (TE 05224); 1 female (AVB 07-1016-015) from same host and locality, 14 April 2007 (TE 05268); 8 females, 2 males and 1 male larva (AVB 07-1016-016) from same host and locality, 16 April 2007 (TE 05293); 8 females, 1 male and female larva (AVB 07-1016-017) from same host and locality, 16 April 2007 (TE 05314); 3 females (AVB 07-1016-018) from same host and locality, 17 April 2007 (TE 05315); 3 females (AVB 14-0725-002) from same host, FRANCE: Nice, October 1992, coll. J. Gaud.
Type deposition. IPCR.
Hosts and distribution. This species is known only from the type host, Erithacus rubecula (Muscicapidae) from Europe (Cherny & Sixl 1971; Fain et al. 1999; Bochkov & Literak 2008; see Table 1).
description: Published as part of Klompen, Hans, 2014, A review of the zumpti species group of the genus Harpyrhynchoides (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) — ectoparasites of passerines, pp. 401-418 in Zootaxa 3884 (5) on pages 407-409, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/231565