Microtrombicula meriones ( Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970 ) Stekolnikov & Saboori & Shamsi & Hakimitabar, 2019

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 43

Microtrombicula meriones ( Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) , comb. nov.

Eltonella (Eltonella) meriones Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970: 774 (material), 777 (description), fig. 4.

Diagnosis. SIF = 6B-N-3-2111.1000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx= 1.1.1; fSt=2.2; fSc: AM ḵ PL> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-4-4-4-4-2; DS = 32; VS = 36; NDV = 68; Ip = 677; eyes 1 + 1; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements of holotype ( Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 57 , PW 71 , SB 22, ASB 28, PSB 27, SD 55, AP 27, AM 40 , AL 27, PL 39 , H 44, D min 28, D max 37, V min 21, V max 32, pa 236, pm 206, pp 235, Ip 677.

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( IUMS) from Meriones persicus , Tehran, 3 October 1966, coll. C.J. Rohde.

Host. Meriones persicus .

Distribution. Iran (Tehran).

Remarks. Described from a single specimen. Following Kudryashova (1998), we regard Eltonella Audy, 1956 as a synonym of Microtrombicula Ewing, 1950 and thus propose here the new combination Microtrombicula meriones .