Leptotrombidium megalangati, STEKOLNIKOV, 2013

STEKOLNIKOV, ALEXANDR A., 2013, <strong> <em> Leptotrombidium </ em> (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the World </ strong>, Zootaxa 3728 (1), pp. 1-173 : 42

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scientific name	Leptotrombidium megalangati
status	sp. nov.

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40. Leptotrombidium megalangati sp. nov.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) langati var. megalangati Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 359 , pl. 68.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7B-B-2-2111.0000; fPp = N/N/BNN; Pc = 2; Gn = 2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; SB/PL; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fD = 2H-8-6-6-4-2; DS = 28; VS = 30; NDV = 58; Ip = 898; AW 77, PW 88, SB 39, ASB 33, PSB 14, SD 47, AP 33, AM 59, AL 52, PL 66, S 84, H 68, D min 56, D max 72, V min 43, V max 62, pa 306, pm 270, pp 312. Eyes 2 + 2. Scutum large, its posteromarginal projection practically absent. SB 2–3 µm anterior to level of PLs. Dorsal idiosomal setae densely covered with 4 rows of moderate barbs (barbed tetrapectinala). Flagelliform sensilla with small cilia in proximal half and ca. 20 long branches in distal half ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976).

Type material (not examined). Holotype larva (L: 4159/1) ex Leopoldamys edwardsi (Thomas) , MALAYSIA: Pahang State, Brinchang Mt , 4 January 1959 . Holotype is deposited in IMR .

Etymology. Species epithet refers to the large size of this species, as compared with the closely related Leptotrombidium langati ( Audy and Womersley, 1957) .

Remarks. Described from a single specimen.

References

Audy, J. R. & Womersley, H. (1957) Malaysian Parasites XXIX. New species of Oriental and Australian Trombiculidae (Acarina). Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 28, 359 - 382.

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. & Langston, R. L. (1976) The chigger mites of the World (Acarina: Trombiculidae et Leeuwenhoekiidae). III. Leptotrombidium complex. George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, 1061 pp.