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Microtrombicula hyracis Stekolnikov 2018, comb. nov.

  • 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.

Description

Microtrombicula hyracis (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965) comb. nov.

Eltonella (Eltonella) hyracis Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965a: 67, pl. J.

Eltonella (Eltonella) hyracis – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 42. — Taufflieb et al. 1972: 61.

Holotype

RMCA 135.848/1.

Material revised

Holotype and 12 paratypes from RMCA.

Distribution

Uganda (Kaabong), Djibouti (Tadjoura).

Host

Procaviidae gen. sp.

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 153, 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 135.848/1
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stekolnikov
Species
hyracis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Microtrombicula hyracis (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965) sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1965 a. Revision of the genera: Eltonella Audy, 1956 and Microtrombicula Ewing, 1950, with descriptions of fifty new species and transferal of subgenus Chiroptella to genus Leptotrombidium (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Acarologia 7 (suppl.): 34 - 257.
  • 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.
  • Taufflieb R., Mouchet J. & Courtois D. 1972. Quelques Trombiculidae (Acarina) de la region de Djibouti. Acarologia 14 (1): 59 - 65.