Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae
Tribus: Boydaiini
Genus: Boydaia
Species: B. sturni

Name

Boydaia sturni (Boyd, 1948)

• Type locality: nasal cavity of Sturnus vulgaris (Aves, Sturnidae), Ithaca, N.Y. (U.S.A.)
• Holotype: USNM — ♀
• Type species of the genus Boydaia

Notes

• The species described by Boyd does not have the same host as Ereynetes crassipes contrary to the statement by Cooreman (1954: 428)

References

• Boyd, E.M. 1948. A new mite from the respiratory tract of the starling (Acarina, Speleognathidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50(1): 9–14.
• Cooreman, J. 1954. Sur un acarien nouveau, parasite des fosses nasales des oiseaux er remarques sur la famille des Speleognathidae. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparée, 29: 426–432.
• Womersley, H. 1954 (1953). A new genus and species of Speleognathidae (Acarina) from South Austialia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 76: 82–84.