Neotrombicula rostrata Muljarskaja, 1973

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 50-51

Neotrombicula rostrata Muljarskaja, 1973

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Neotrombicula rostrata Muljarskaja, 1973: 312 , fig. 1; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 137, fig. 15.

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) rostrata: Kudryashova 1998: 212 , fig. 172.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AM ḵ PL> AL; fD = 2H-8-8-2-8-6-4-2; DS = 38–44; VS = 37–44; NDV = 78; Ip = 767–841; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements of 11 Iranian specimens ( Kudryashova 1998): AW 73–84, PW 95–101 , SB 34–39, ASB 28– 34, PSB 25–31, SD 56–62, AP 28–31, AM 62–70 , AL 42–50, PL 62–73 , S 84–87, H 59–70, D min 48, D max 67, V min 31, V max 56, pa 249–274, pm 238–263, pp 280–305. Measurements of paratype: AW 75, PW 95 , SB 33, ASB 30, PSB 29, SD 59, P-PL 31, AP 26, AM 63 , AL 49, PL 65 , H 65, D min 48, D max 56, V min 35, V max 49, pa 263, pm 247, pp 284, Ip 794, TaIIIL 70, TaIIIW 22.

Type material examined. Paratype larva ( ZMMU Tdt-2773, N-55895) from Crocidura russula , Azerbaijan, Archivan village , 5 March 1965, coll. N.V. Chirkova.

Additional material examined. One larva (ZMMU Tdt-97) from Apodemus sylvaticus , Iran, 15 km E Chalus, deciduous forests along the Caspian Sea shore, 13 June 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov).

Hosts. Apodemus sylvaticus , A. uralensis , Crocidura russula , Microtus schelkovnikovi , M. socialis .

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Chalus).

Figures

FIGURE 23. Neotrombicula rostrata. 1, scutum and eyes; 2, dorsal idiosomal seta of 1 st row. Scale bars: 50 µm (1), 20 µm (2).