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Microtrombicula sicei Stekolnikov 2018, comb. nov.

Creators

Description

Microtrombicula sicei (André, 1951) comb. nov.

Thrombicula sicei André, 1951a: 216, fig. 1.

Thrombicula sicei – André 1951c: 374. — Le Gac 1951: 545; 1952a: 748; 1952b: 477.

Trombicula (Trombicula) sicei – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 70.

Trombicula sicei – Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959: 231. — Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 131. — Zumpt 1961: 138.

Eltonella (Eltonella) sicei – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 74, pl. T; 1965c: 42. — Taufflieb 1965a: 25. — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 118.

Holotype

MNHN (Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a).

Distribution

Central African Republic (Bangui, Berbérati, Bossangoa, Bouar, Kaga Bandoro, Kouki, M’Baiki, Méré, Mongoumba, Possel, Yaka), Cameroon (Yaoundé), Angola (Dundo).

Hosts

Aethomys medicatus, Anomalurus pusillus, Arvicanthis niloticus, Gallus gallus, Ichneumia albicauda, Lemniscomys barbarus, L. striatus, Mastomys coucha (Le Gac 1952a), M. natalensis (Zumpt 1961), Mylomys dybowskii, Numida meleagris, N. meleagris galeatus, Pternistis bicalcaratus, Ptilopachus petrosus, P. petrosus brehmi, Rattus rattus, Thryonomys swinderianus.

Notes

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on page 170, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/486DBB53FF33FF2D88A8FB7BDC94F832

Is part of
Journal article: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3829724 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/486DBB53FF33FF2D88A8FB7BDC94F832 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/164160973 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/22091/taxon/486DBB53FF33FF2D88A8FB7BDC94F832.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Microtrombicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stekolnikov
Species
sicei
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microtrombicula sicei (Andre, 1951) sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Andre M. 1951 a. Deux nouvelles especes de Thrombicula d'Afrique Equatoriale. Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique 44 (3 - 4): 215 - 221.
  • Andre M. 1951 c. Sur une forme larvaire de Schongastia (Acarien) parasite de petits Mammiferes en Oubangui-Chari. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2 eme serie 23: 372 - 374. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 54516253 [accessed 29 November 2017].
  • Le Gac P. 1951. Prospection et capture des acariens du genre Thrombicula a Oubangui-Chari (A. E. F.). Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 44: 545 - 549.
  • Le Gac P. 1952 a. Contribution a l'etude des acariens des genres Trombicula, Schongastia et Schongastiella recueillis sur les rongeurs de l'Oubangui-Chari (A. E. F.). Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 45: 747 - 749.
  • Le Gac P. 1952 b. Presence de Thrombicula sicei, Marc Andre 1950, sur les oiseaux pieteurs de l'Oubangui-Chari: Gallus domesticus, Numida meleagris et Ptilopachus petrosus. Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 45: 477 - 479.
  • Wharton G. W. & Fuller H. S. 1952. A manual of the chiggers. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 4: 1 - 185.
  • Taufflieb R. & Mouchet J. 1959. Revue des Trombiculidae du Cameroun et description de huit especes et sous-especes nouvelles. Acarologia 1 (2): 228 - 245.
  • Audy J. R. & Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1961 a. African Trombiculidae (Acarina). 1. An interim note on the genus Trombicula Berlese and the subgenus Microtrombicula Ewing. Annals of the Natal Museum 15 (12): 125 - 133. Available from https: // hdl. handle. net / 10520 / AJA 03040798 _ 814 [accessed 4 December 2017].
  • Zumpt F. (ed.) 1961. The arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Vol. 1: Chelicerata. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research 11 (50): 1 - 457.
  • Taufflieb R. 1965 a. Contribution a l'etude des Trombiculidae (Acarina) d'Angola. Publicacoes culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 4095: 21 - 36.
  • Taufflieb R., Chippaux A. & Rickenbach A. 1967. Contribution a l'etude des ectoparasites de Vertebres en Republique Centrafricaine. Cahiers ORSTOM, serie Entomologie medicale et Parasitologie 5 (2): 115 - 125.