Willmannium aelleni (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1963)

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 57

Willmannium aelleni (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1963)

Leptotrombidium (Cotrombidium) aelleni Vercammen-Grandjean, 1963: 585 , Pl. 1.

Toritrombicula (Cotrombidium) aelleni: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1971: 448 .

Chiroptella (Willmannium) aelleni: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 906 , Pl. 252.

Willmannium aelleni: Kudryashova 1992: 35 , fig. 2; 1998: 141, fig. 101.

Chiroptella (Oudemansidium) mozdorani Kudryashova, 1975: 1563 , fig. 2; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 123, fig. 13.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-2111.0000; fPp = N/N/NNN; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL ḵ AM> AL; fD = 2H-10(9)-2-8(6)-2(3)-8(7)-7(4)-6(4)-2-2(4); DS = 44–55; VS = 46–51; NDV = 90–104; Ip = 966–1027; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 anterior or posterior to S 2. Measurements of Chiroptella mozdorani type series ( Kudryashova et al. 1978): AW 62–64, PW 70–73 , SB 27–28, ASB 31–34, PSB 11, SD 42–45, AP 34, AM 45–48 , AL 34–36, PL 45–50 , S 70, H 42–48, D min 31, D max 50, V min 20, V max 42, pa 342–356, pm 311–319, pp 333–350. Measurements of Chiroptella mozdorani holotype: AW 63, PW 71 , SB 26, ASB 34, PSB 13, SD 47, P-PL 6, AP 35, AM 49 , AL 38, PL 54 , H 49, D min 31, D max 50, V min 25, V max 45, pa 340, pm 311, pp 333, Ip 984, TaIIIL 97, TaIIIW 18.

Type data. Holotype larva of Leptotrombidium aelleni ( Lund Museum of Zoology , Sweden).

Type material examined. Holotype larva of Chiroptella (Oudemansidium) mozdorani (ZMMU Tdt-703, I-42 - 1027-30) from Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Mozsdooran cave, 1400 m a.s.l., 29 July 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov.

Hosts. Barbastella leucomelas , Myotis blythii , Rhinolophus ferrumequinum .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Iran (Mozdooran cave), Kyrgyzstan.