Ericotrombidium jayewickremei

Ericotrombidium jayewickremei (Womersley, 1952)

Trombicula (Neotrombicula) jayewickremei Womersley, 1952: 138, PI. 26, figs. F–J.

Leptotrombidium (Hypotrombidium) jayewickremei: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 729, Pl. 215.

Leptotrombidium (Ericotrombidium) jayewickremei: Kudryashova et al. 1978: 114, fig. 10.

Ericotrombidium jayewickremei: Kudryashova 1998: 134, fig. 94.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx= 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM ḵ AL; fD = 2H-8-6-6-4-2-2; DS = 29–34; VS = 23–32; NDV = 59; Ip = 804–882; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 slightly anterior to S 2. Measurements (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976): AW 64–67, PW 73–81, SB 24–28, ASB 25–28, PSB 11–13, SD 36–41, AP 25–27, AM 33–50, AL 40–45, PL 44–50, S 56–70, H 42–43, D min 34–38, D max 41–50, V min 28–30, V max 39–42, pa 310–319, pm 261–266, pp 312–314, Ip 883–899.

Type data. Syntypes (South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) from Rattus rattus kandiyanus, Sri Lanka, September–November 1944, coll. S.H. Jayewickreme.

Hosts. Cricetulus migratorius, Crocidura suaveolens, Crocidura sp., Mus sp., Nesokia indica, Rattus pyctoris, R. rattus, Suncus sp., Tatera indica (Kudryashova 1998).

Distribution. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Tadjikistan, Iran (Zahedan).