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Microtrombicula vanhoofi Vercammen-Grandjean 1965

Description

Microtrombicula vanhoofi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965

Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) vanhoofi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965a: 108, pls AJ, YY, AK.

Microtrombicula vanhoofi – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 45.

Holotype

RMCA 82740.

Material revised

Holotype and six paratypes from RMCA, including two nymphs, not suitable for examination.

Distribution

DR Congo (Bukavu, Lwiro, Mushweshwe).

Hosts

Oenomys hypoxanthus, Praomys sp., Rattus rattus.

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 pages 174-175, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMCA
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Microtrombicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
RMCA 82740
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vercammen-Grandjean
Species
vanhoofi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Microtrombicula vanhoofi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965 sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1965 c. Trombiculinae of the World. Synopsis with Generic, Subgeneric, and Group Diagnoses (Acarina, Trombiculidae). George Williams Hooper Foundation, San Francisco.