Boydaia philomachi Fain, 1956a: 41, 1956c: 27, fig. 1, 1962e: 300, fig. 6. Holotype in RMCA, examined.
Boydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi, Fain 1958b: 177.
Neoboydaia (Neoboydaia) philomachi, Fain 1962a: 7, 1963d: 18, 1964b: 141.
Neoboydaia philomachi, Clark 1964: 16, fig. 2; Domrow 1965: 43, 1969: 388; Fain & Aitken 1968: 84; Pence 1973a: 364, 1973c: 884, 885, 891; Fain 1985b: 254, fig. 16.
Neoboydaia philomachi eroliae, Fain & Hyland 1970: 42, 1975: 204; Zabludovskaya 1998: 48.
Neoboydaia philomachi thalasseus, Fain & Hyland 1975: 204.
Type host: Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) from Rwanda.
Diagnosis. Palp tarsus with 3 setae (2 setae Na-type and 1 Sd-type) and solenidion; palp tibia without setae. Hypostomal setae n Na-type, m Sd-type. All dorsal setae Da-type, except sensillae si SC-type. Coxal setae I and II Da-type, III Na-type. Setae 1a Da-type, 3a and 4a Na-type. Agenital series with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ag1–2 and ps1 Na-type, g1–3 and ps2 Da-type. Coxa IV without setae; femur I with 5 setae, femur II with 4 setae.
Hosts and distribution. Charadriiformes (Scolopacidae): Calidris pugnax (Linnaeus) and Tringa glaerOla Linnaeus from Rwanda [Southern Prov., Butare] (Fain 1956a, 1956c, 1963d).
Non-African hosts and distribution. Scolopacidae: Actitis macularius (Linnaeus) from Trinidad and Tobago (Fain & Aitken 1968), Mexico and USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) from Canada (Fain & Hyland 1975), Calidris melanOtOs (Vieillot) from USA (Clark 1964), C. minutilla (Vieillot) from USA and Mexico (Fain & Hyland 1975), C. pugnax (Linnaeus) from Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), GallinagO gallinagO (Linnaeus) from USA (Pence 1973a) and Russia (Zabludovskaya 1998), LimnOdrOmus griseus (Gmelin) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975), L. scOlOpaceus (Say) from USA (Pence 1973a), LimOsa lappOnica (Linnaeus) from Australia (Domrow 1965), Tringa flavipes (Gmelin) and T. melanOleuca (Gmelin) from USA (Clark 1964), and Tringa sOlitaria Wilson from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975).
Laridae: Sterna hirundO Linnaeus and Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert) from USA (Fain & Hyland 1975).