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Neotrombicula zairiensis Taufflieb 1966

Description

Neotrombicula zairiensis Taufflieb, 1966

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) zairiensis Taufflieb, 1966a: 296, fig. 1.

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) zairiensis – Taufflieb et al. 1967: 119.

Holotype

MNHN.

Material revised

Two paratypes from RMCA (No. 128388).

Distribution

Congo (Ile M’Bamou, Pointe-Noire), Central African Republic (Bangui, Boukoko), Angola (Dundo), Cameroon (Mbalmayo).

Hosts

Crocidura sp., Lophaetus occipitalis, Lophuromys sikapusi, Praomys tullbergi (type host), P. morio, 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 page 183, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Neotrombicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Taufflieb
Species
zairiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Neotrombicula zairiensis Taufflieb, 1966 sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Taufflieb R. 1966 a. Deux nouvelles especes de Neotrombicula et cle des especes subsahariennes du genre. Acarologia 8 (2): 296 - 301.
  • 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.