Whartonacarus sulae (Oudemans, 1910) comb. nov.

Microthrombidium sulae Oudemans, 1910a: 85 .

Microthrombidium sulae – Oudemans 1912: 7, fig. A.

Trombicula sulae – Radford 1942: 60, fig. 19. — Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 132. — Zumpt 1961: 139.

Trombicula (Eutrombicula) sulae – Thor & Willmann 1947: 278, fig. 333.

Eutrombicula sulae – Fuller 1952: 135.

Trombicula (Trombicula) sulae – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 70.

Eutrombicula (?) sulae – Taufflieb 1960b: 224.

Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) sulae – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 33.

Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) sulae – Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 969, pl. 282.

Holotype

Private collection of Oudemans (Oudemans 1912), RMNH (Fuller 1952; Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Distribution

West Africa.

Hosts

Morus bassanus (Zumpt 1961), M. capensis (original data).

Remarks

The description was based on a single specimen from unknown collection locality in Western Africa.