Boydaia Womersley, 1953

Skoracki, Maciej, Schmidt, Karl-Heinz, Marciniak, Natalia & Marciniak, Martyna, 2018, A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region, Zootaxa 4403 (3), pp. 401-440 : 420-421

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scientific name	Boydaia Womersley, 1953
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Genus Boydaia Womersley, 1953

Boydaia Womersley, 1953: 82 ; Fain 1957b: 251, 1958a: 176, 1971: 98, 1985: 144.

Type species: Speleognathus sturni Boyd, 1948 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Hypostome with 1–2 pairs of setae. Propodonotal region with 5–6 pairs of setae ( ve present or absent). Agenital and pseudanal setal series with 1–2 pairs of setae. Each trochanter of legs I and II with 1 seta.

Remarks. This cosmopolitan genus is recorded mainly from passerines, and only 6 of the 38 described species are probably secondarily associated with non-passeriform birds from the orders Caprimulgiformes , Galliformes , Falconiformes , and Psittaciformes ( Fain et al. 1977; Fain 1985; Skoracki et al. 2012). The Afrotropical fauna comprises 14 species in this genus: BOydaia bradOrnis Fain, 1956 , B. buphagi Fain, 1961 , B. cecrOpis Fain, 1969 , B. cinnyris Fain, 1969 , B. falcOnis Fain, 1956 , B. hirundOae Fain, 1956 , B. indica Fain, 1969 , B. nectarinia, Fain 1958 , B. psalidOprOcnei Fain, 1956 , B. pycnOnOti Fain, 1956 , B. saxicOlae Fain, 1969 , B. spatulata Fain, 1956 , B. zOsterOpis Fain, 1963 , and B. zumpti Fain, 1956 .