Leptotrombidium rupestre Traub and Nadchatram, 1967

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225. Leptotrombidium rupestre Traub and Nadchatram, 1967

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) rupestre Traub and Nadchatram, 1967a: 4 , figs. 17–24; Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 509, pls. 132, 133; Li, Wang & Chen 1997: 166, fig. 2-1-86; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 160, fig. 44.

Diagnosis. fPp = N/N/BNN; Pc = 3; Gn = 2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; SB-PL; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fD = 2H-12-10-8- 8-4-2; DS = 42–48; VS = 40–48; NDV = 80–96; Ip = 854–902; AW 76–82, PW 85–91, SB 33–39, ASB 30–34, PSB 16–18, SD 46–51, AP 26–29, AM 50–56, AL 42–49, PL 55–65, S 76–84, H 59–68, D min 40–47, D max 53–65, V min 31–40, V max 44–54, pa 296–312, pm 256–278, pp 286–319.

Type data. Holotype larva [B 67446-2(c)] from Alticola roylei (Gray) , PAKISTAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Mansehra District, Kaghan Valley , 29 August 1963, coll. R. Traub . Holotype is deposited in USNM . Paratypes are deposited in IMR, BMNH, and other depositories .

Material examined. Three larvae from Alticola roylei (Nos 366449 EF4, EF15, and EF35) currently deposited in ZMMU, collected in type locality ( PAKISTAN: Kaghan Valley , Gitidas) 29 July 1964 .

Species group shuyui

Diagnosis. fPp = N/N/BNN; Pc = 3; Gn = 2; fSc: AM ≥ PL> AL; SB-PL or PL/SB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fD = 2H-10(11)-(8–10)-8-8(6)-4(6)-…; DS = 39–46; VS = 35–48; NDV = 81–90; Ip = 658–816; AW 67–82, PW 78–98, SB 29–37, ASB 27–32, PSB 16–18, SD 44–48, AP 23–28, AM 52–63, AL 38–46, PL 45–55, S 68–80, H 50–60, D min 33–43, D max 42–55, V min 25–32, V max 33–45, pa 223–278, pm 200–243, pp 235–295. China (Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province).