Schoengastia archaea ( Taufflieb, 1960 )

K, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, RajasegaranK, Praveena, Alkathiry K, Hadil A., ChaisiriK, Kittipong, RoundK, Philip D., Eiamampai, Krairat, Ahmad KhusainiK, Mohd K. S., RamjiK, Mohamad Fizl Sidq, AbubakarK, Sazaly, Ya’cobK, Zubaidah, Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A. & Makepeace K, Benjamin L., 2023, On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species, Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 1109-1138 : 1127

Schoengastia archaea ( Taufflieb, 1960)

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Diagnosis — SIF = 7BS-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/NBB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; AL ≥ PL

≫ AM; fD = (49 – 60)-(26 – 30)+(56 – 72); DS = 138 – 159; V = 89 – 100; NDV = 227 – 254;

Ip = 1024 – 1127; cheliceral blade with four dorsal hooks; eyes 2 + 2, very large; scutum as long as wide, with prominent anterolateral shoulders, with greatly projected posterior margin concave in center; entire scutum covered with puncta, its half posterior to sensillary bases also covered with distinct transverse striations; sensilla (trichobothria) drop-shaped, covered with setules; sensillary bases posterior to level of PL; leg tarsi with multiple sclerite bars; S 1 in distal part of segment, f 1 behind S 1, f 2 behind S 2. Standard measurements are given in Table 7.

Distribution and hosts — This species was described from Senegal (Rufisque), ex Sterna hirundo L. ( Charadriiformes : Laridae ) ( Taufflieb 1960). Here it is for the first time recorded in Asia ( Thailand) and on all hosts mentioned below.

Figures

Figure 5 Toritrombicula kirhocephalesGoff, 1982: A – specimen ZIN 18009, anterior dorsal aspect of idiosoma. Toritrombicula uphami Nadchatram, 1967: B – specimen ZIN 18169, anterior dorsal aspect of idiosoma. Neoschoengastia longipesNadchatram, 1967: C – specimen ZIN 17947, dorsal aspect of idiosoma. Schoengastia archaea(Taufflieb, 1960): D – specimen ZIN 17967, dorsal aspect of idiosoma.