Neoschoengastia elegans 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 : 28

Neoschoengastia elegans Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) elegans Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970: 775 (material), 778 (description), fig. 7.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.3; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; fD = 2H-6-6-4-6-4-4-2; DS = 34; VS = 36; NDV = 70; Ip = 1478–1530; eyes 2 + 2; parasubterminala branched; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to apilcally slightly inflated S 2. Measurements of 4 type specimens (Vercammen- Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 53–58 , PW 72–78 , SB 32–34, ASB 19–21, PSB 27–31, SD 47–50, AP 32–35 , AM 42– 50 , AL 50–59 , PL 70–84 , S 32–33, H 60–68, D min 39–41, D max 60–66, V min 33–37, V max 45–46, pa 502–536, pm 448–454, pp 522–546, Ip 1478–1530 .

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( IUMS) from Asellia tridens, Kazerun , 30 October 1966, coll. C.J. Rohde.

Hosts. Asellia tridens , Oenanthe picata .

Distribution. Iran (Kazerun).