Rhinonyssus coniventris Trouessart, 1894
Fig 78 (a). Rhinonyssus coniventris female dorsal habitus.
Fig 78 (b). Rhinonyssus coniventris female dorsum.
Fig 78 (c). Rhinonyssus coniventris female venter.
North American host records:
Charadriidae:
Charadrius alexandrinus,
Snowy Plover
(Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Charadrius hiaticula,
Common Ringed
Plover (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Charadrius melodus,
Piping Plover
(Pence 1975)
Charadrius semipalmatus,
Semipalmated Plover (Strandtmann 1951)
Charadrius wilsonia,
Wilson’s Plover
(Pence 1975)
Pluvialis squatarola,
Grey Plover
(Mitchell 1961)
Scolopacidae:
Arenaria interpres,
Ruddy Turnstone
(Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1975)
Calidris alba,
Sanderling
(Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972)
Calidris alpina,
Dunlin (Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Calidris canutus,
Red Knot (Mitchell 1961; Canadian National Collection
of Insects and Arachnids)
Calidris ptilocnemis,
Rock Sandpiper
(Strandtmann 1956; Pence 1975)
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus,
Willet (Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972, 1975)
Tringa flavipes,
Lesser Yellowlegs
(Strandtmann 1951, 1956; Pence 1972, 1975)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- podosomal shield is medially eroded, often medially divided.
- five or fewer pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
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