Pentidionis agamae ( Andr, 1929 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 56

Pentidionis agamae ( Andr, 1929)

Thrombicula agamae André, 1929: 402 , figs. 1–2.

Thrombicula (Eutrombicula) agamae, Thor & Willmann 1947: 286 .

Trombicula (Trombicula) agamae, Wharton & Fuller 1952: 62 .

Hexidionis (Pentidionis) agamae, Vercammen-Grandjean & Loomis 1967: 140 ; Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970: 774 (synonymy), fig. 2.

Pentidionis agamae, Lucas & Loomis 1968: 233 .

Diagnosis. SIF = 7B-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fSt=2.4; fCx = 1.1.1; fSc: PL ḵ AM> AL; fD = 4H-8-6-6-4-4-4; DS = 34; VS = 32; NDV = 66; Ip = 900–958; eyes 2 + 2; scutum with prominent rounded posterior margin, flagelliform sensilla branched in distal half; pST nude or branched; 2 basal and 1 distal genualae I; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 anterior to apically inflated S 2; onychotriches present; mastitarsala ciliated. Measurements of Israeli and Iranian specimens ( Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 55–57, PW 66–68, SB 19–21, ASB 21–23, PSB 19–23, SD 40–46, AP 14–17, AM 28–30, AL 19–24, PL 30–34, S 60–66, H 32–35, D min 21–27, D max 31–35, V min 23–29, V max 27–32, pa 306–324, pm 272–294, pp 322–340, Ip 900–958.

Type data. Holotype larva in Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France ( Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Hosts. Agama stellio (type host), Agama sp.

Distribution. Israel, Iran (Kazerun).