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Microtrombicula quasisicei Stekolnikov 2018, comb. nov.

Description

Microtrombicula quasisicei (Taufflieb, 1958) comb. nov.

Trombicula quasisicei Taufflieb, 1958b: 415, fig. 1.

Trombicula (Trombicula) quasisicei – Taufflieb 1960b: 225.

Eltonella (Eltonella) quasisicei – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 65, pl. FF; 1965c: 42.

Holotype

MNHN.

Distribution

Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo (Boma, Nioro), Ivory Coast (Bouaké), Senegal (Gorom, Sangalkam).

Hosts

Centropus senegalensis, Dasymys incomtus, Lemniscomys striatus, Mastomys coucha, Passer sp., Pternistis bicalcaratus, P. clappertoni, Rattus rattus, Vanellus tectus.

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 167, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Microtrombicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stekolnikov
Species
quasisicei
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microtrombicula quasisicei (Taufflieb, 1958) sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Taufflieb R. 1958 b. Notes sur les Trombiculidae (Acarina) de la region de Brazzaville (Moyen-Congo). Description d'une sous-espece et de deux especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique 51 (3): 413 - 421.
  • Taufflieb R. 1960 b. Etude d'une collection de Trombiculidae d'Afrique Occidentale. Acarologia 2 (2): 224 - 237.