Miyatrombicula Sasa, Kawashima and Egashira, 1952

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Genus Miyatrombicula Sasa, Kawashima and Egashira, 1952

Trombicula (Miyatrombicula) Sasa et al., 1952: 337 .

Miyatrombicula, Vercammen-Grandjean 1960 : tabl.; Kudryashova 1978: 154; 1979: 20; Tanskul & Nadchatram 1983: 597; Kudryashova 1998: 165.

Type species: Trombicula kochiensis Sasa, Kawashima and Egashira, 1952 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7B(7BS)-B(N)-3-3(2)11(0)1.1(0)000; fCx = 1.1.(1–9); fSt = 2.2. Eyes 2 + 2. Scutum pentagonal, with angulate posterior margin. Sensilla flagelliform (lanceolate in M. benensoni ), branched (nude in M. attaliaensis sp. nov.).

Hosts. Mammals, rarely reptiles.

Distribution. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America.

Species included. Miyatrombicula attaliaensis sp. nov., M. balcanica Kolebinova, 1969 , M. barbatulus Mulyarskaya, 1973 , M. benensoni Tanskul and Nadchatram, 1983 , M. caucasica Mulyarskaya, 1969 , M. cynos ( Ewing, 1937) , M. esoensis ( Sasa and Ogata, 1953) , M. ilesi ( Radford, 1948) , M. jonesae ( Brennan, 1952) , M. kochiensis ( Sasa, Kawashima and Egashira, 1952) , M. kumadai Takada, 1978 , M. muris ( Oudemans, 1910) , M. nikitini Kudryashova and Farang-Azad, 1976 , M. okadai Suzuki, 1976 , M. pentagona ( Womersley, 1952) , M. ramitensis Kudryashova, 1978 , M. reptilica ( Schluger, 1957) , M. rixoli ( Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1962) , M. sargenti ( Brennan, 1952) , M. scottae ( Brennan, 1952) , M. tokyoensis ( Kumada, 1954) .