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Trombigastia Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan 1957
Authors/Creators
- 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
Description
Trombigastia Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan, 1957
Diagnosis
SIF = 7B-N-3-3111.0(1)000; fsp = 7.7.7; Ip = 550–850. Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap; galeal setae nude; palpal claw 3-pronged; palpal tarsus with 7 branched setae. Scutum trapezoidal, with concave lateral margins, with 1 AM, 2 AL, 2 PL setae, and fusiform sensilla covered with setules. Eyes 2 + 2. Legs 7-segmented, tarsala I long and slender, twice as long as tarsala II, 3 genualae I, 1 genuala II, tibiala and genuala III present, mastitarsala (nude or with few basal cilia) usually present. Parasites of bats.
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 117, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Trombiculidae
- Genus
- Trombigastia
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Trombigastia Vercammen-Grandjean, 1957 sec. Stekolnikov, 2018
References
- Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. & Brennan J. M. 1957. Eight new chiggers from East Africa and a new genus, Trombigastia (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50 (5): 484 - 496. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 50.5.484