Kleemannia pennata (Fox, 1949) comb. n.

Borinquolaelaps pennatus Fox, 1949: 39 .

Ameroseius (Kleemania) (sic) Ameroseius pennatus . - Athias-Henriot 1959: 192.

Ameroseius pennatus . - Farrier and Hennessey 1996: 21.

Type depository.

School of Tropical Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Type locality and habitat.

Puerto Rico, San Juan, Santuree, on brown rat, Rattus norvegicus ( Mammalia, Rodentia).

Remarks.

The original description and illustrations of this species are not detailed enough to allow its recognition. Fox (1949) illustrated the dorsum of this species as having 24 pairs of setae (z6 present, but j1 and some of the anteriormost and marginal setae were not shown).