Brunehaldia Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 52

Brunehaldia Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960

Diagnosis

SIF = 7BS-B-3-211(0)1(0).0000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.(1–5); Ip = 570–925. Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap; galeal setae branched; palpal claw 3-pronged; palpal tarsus with 7 branched setae and nude subterminala. Scutum wide, crescent-shaped, with rounded or concave posterior margin, with 1 AM, 2 AL and 2 PL setae; sensillary bases posterior to PL; AL and PL setae approximate to each other; sensilla clavate, fusiform or pyriform, covered with setules. Eyes absent, two or more pairs of humeral setae, scutal and idiosomal setae covered with long thin barbs. Legs 7-segmented, 2 genualae I, 1 genuala II, genuala or tibiala III sometimes absent, mastisetae absent, coxa III with 1–5 setae.