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Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub 1971

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Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971

Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971: 581, figs. 63–70; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 162; Kudryashova 1998: 273, fig. 233. Helenicula lanius caspica Muljarskaja, 1971: 1188, fig. 4.

Diagnosis. SIF = 5B-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.2; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AL> PL> AM; DS = 55–60; VS = 41–50; NDV = 98–109; Ip = 795–848; eyes 2 + 2; S 1 apical, at level of ST; f 1 posterior to S 1; tibialae I apical; f 2 anterior to S 2. Measurements of H. lukshumiae holotype (Nadchatram & Traub 1971): AW 52, PW 67, SB 11, ASB 26, PSB 13, SD 39, AP 22, AM –, AL 53, PL 50, S 28, H 30–35, D min 20, D max 30, V min 20, V max 30, pa 300, pm 240, pp 300, Ip 840, TaIIIL 85, TaIIIW 13.

Type data. Holotype of Helenicula lukshumiae, larva (USNM 9496, B59547-1) from Calomyscus sp., Ahmadabad, 18 November 1963, coll. H.W. Setzer.

Type material examined. Paratype of Helenicula lanius caspica, larva (ZMMU Tdt-2772, 676) from Microtus arvalis, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Shushinsky District, Bolshoy Kirs, 13 August 1966, coll. L.V. Muljarskaja.

Hosts. Calomyscus sp., Microtus arvalis, Meriones persicus, Meriones tristrami, Mus musculus.

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Abhar, Ahmadabad, Ajami, Behbahan, Chahar Taq, Mahdishahr).

Notes

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4549 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2584949

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AM , NDV , PL , PW
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Helenicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
AL 53 , PL 50 , PW 67
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Nadchatram and Traub
Species
lukshumiae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Helenicula lukshumiae and, 1971 sec. Stekolnikov, Saboori, Shamsi & Hakimitabar, 2019

References

  • Nadchatram, M. & Traub, R. (1971) Chiggers of the genus Helenicula of the Old World including descriptions of 9 new species (Acarina: Prostigmata, Trombiculidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 8, 562 - 597. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 8.5.562
  • Kudryashova, N. I., Neronov, V. M. & Farang-Azad, A. (1978) Mites of the family Trombiculidae (Acariformes) from small mammals from Iran. Sbornik Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya MGU, 16, 92 - 180. [in Russian]
  • Kudryashova, N. I. (1998) Chigger mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) of East Palaearctics. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 342 pp. [in Russian]
  • Muljarskaja, L. V. (1971) New species and subspecies of Trombiculidae (Acariformes) from Azerbaijan. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 50, 1182 - 1190. [in Russian]