Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki, Unsoeld, Skorupski and Kavetska 2014

Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki, Unsoeld, Skorupski and Kavetska, 2014 (Fig. 61 E) Rafapicobia melzeri Skoracki et al., 2014: 229, figs. 1, 2. Types deposited in ZSM, AMU and ZISP, examined. Type host: Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus (Gruiformes: Rallidae). Type locality: Germany. Additional material. 16 females from Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) (Gruiformes: Ralidae), JAPAN: Yokohama area, coll. Haberer, all material in AMU and ZSM. Host range and distribution. Mesostenoxenous species associated with the rallid birds (Gruiformes: Rallidae): Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson) from Chile, P. parva (Scopoli) from Kirghizia, P. porzana (Linnaeus) from France, Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus from Germany (Skoracki et al. 2014), and Porzana fusca (Linnaeus) [new host] from Japan (present paper).
Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena & Spicer, Greg S., 2016, A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 4113 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/271508
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