Neoschoengastia mesghali 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 : 29

Neoschoengastia mesghali Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970

Neoschoengastia (Megaschoengastia) mesghali Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970: 775 (material), 778 (description), fig. 5.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.6; fSt = 2.4; fSc: PL ḵ AL> AM; fD = 10H-16-18-14-16-14-16-16- 16-16-14-12 - 10-8-6-4; DS = 206; VS = 126 ; NDV = 332; Ip = 1208–1332; eyes 2 + 2; parasubterminala branched or absent; f 1 anterior to very long S 1 (51 µm); f 2 posterior to apilcally slightly inflated S 2 (25 µm). Measurements of 10 type specimens ( Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 53–61 , PW 74–83 , SB 37–42, ASB 25–31, PSB 30–32, SD 55–62, AP 40–43 , AM 38–45 , AL 71–76 , PL 73–81 , H 49–53, D min 38–43, D max 44–50, V min 36–39, V max 52–58, pa 418–457, pm 388–408, pp 452–472, Ip 1208–1332 .

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( IUMS) from Charadrius alexandrinus , Bandar Abbas, 14 February 1967, coll. C.J. Rohde.

Host. Charadrius alexandrinus .

Distribution. Iran ( Bandar Abbas).