Microtrombicula cynictia (Radford, 1942)

Trombicula cynictia Radford, 1942: 62, fig. 29.

Trombicula cynictia – Radford 1947: 586, figs 11–12. — Zumpt 1961: 135.

Trombicula (Trombicula) cynictia – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 64.

Trombicula (Microtrombicula) cynictia – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 129.

Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) cynictia – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 115, pl. RR.

Microtrombicula cynictia – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 45.

Holotype

BMNH (Wharton & Fuller 1952; Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a). This specimen is present in the BMNH catalogue but it was not found during my visit to the Musem.

Distribution

South Africa (Hoopstad).

Host

Cynictis penicillata ogilbyii .