Neocypholaelaps wilsoni (Allred, 1970), 2017

Neocypholaelaps wilsoni (Allred, 1970) View in CoL comb. n.

Ameroseius wilsoni Allred, 1970: 99.

Type depository.

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA; Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia; British Museum (Natural History), London, United Kingdom (not stated in the paper).

Type locality and habitat.

Papua New Guinea, Wau Creek, from the nasal cavity of rainbow lorry, Trichoglossus haematodus ( Aves, Psittaciformes ).

Comparative material.

New Guinea: 1 ♀ (BMNH, paratype) - 1963, Wau Creek , rainbow lorry, leg. P. Shanahan, Bishop Museum, BBM-NG 20425 .

Remarks.

I examined a well preserved paratype of Ameroseius wilsoni deposited at the Natural History Museum in London, concluding that it should be included in Neocypholaelaps . The original description and illustrations given by Allred (1970) are quite adequate and do not require amendment, except for the sperm induction apparatus. In the studied specimen, spermathecal ducts ( tubuli annulati) are well indicated, and they enter the sacculus foemineus independently.