Kepkatrombicula odessana (Simonovich, 1958)

Trombicula odessana Simonovich, 1958: 667, figs. 1–6; Kudryashova 1979: 70.

Eltonella odessana, Mulyarskaya & Cikhistavi 1982: 145.

Eutonella odessana, Kudryashova 1988: 63; 1998: 157, fig. 118.

Kepkatrombicula odessana, Kudryashova & Stekolnikov 2010: 80.

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) dicoxalae Vercammen-Grandjean, et al. 1971: 1404, pl. 2.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/NBB; fCx = 1.1.2; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; Ip = 856–944; DS = 64–69; VS = 42–48; NDV = 97–124. Standard measurements are given in Table 9.

Type material (not examined). Holotype of T. odessana was not designated. Type material of this species, which was collected in Odessa Prov. of Ukraine (Tarutyne District), is lost. Holotype of Neotrombicula dicoxalae, which was collected from Ovis aries in Samsun Prov. of Turkey, is deposited in USNM.

Hosts. Meriones libycus Lichtenstein, Microtus arvalis (Pallas), M. socialis (Pallas), Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout), Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp., Mus musculus L., Ovis aries L.

Distribution. Ukraine (Odessa Prov.), Turkey (Samsun Prov.), Azerbaijan.