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.