Neotrombicula heterotrichia Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 48

Neotrombicula heterotrichia Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) heterotrichia Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970: 774 (synonymy), 776 (description), fig. 1.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-2111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; fD = 2H-6-4-6-4-2-4-2; DS = 30; VS = 22; NDV = 52; Ip = 922–946; eyes 2 + 2; scutum with anterolateral shoulders and biconvex posterior margin; flagelliform sensilla with 8–11 branches in distal half; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 near and slightly posterior to S 2. Measurements of 4 type specimens ( Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 71–76 , PW 82–89 , SB 28–29, ASB 32, PSB 23–26, SD 55–58, AP 25–27 , AM 33–41 , AL 45–48 , PL 52–59 , S 86–89, H 54– 59, D min 38–39, D max 50–54, V min 36–38, V max 40–42, pa 322–328, pm 276–282, pp 324–340, Ip 922–946 .

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( IUMS) from Galerida cristata, Isfahan, 10 April 1967, coll. C.J. Rohde.

Hosts. Galerida cristata, Lepus europaeus .

Distribution. Iran ( Bandar Abbas, Isfahan).