Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977

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Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977

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Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977: 57 , fig. 2; Stekolnikov 1997b: 533, fig. 2.; 1998: 229.

Neotrombicula alexandrae Stekolnikov, 1993: 289 , figs. 1, 2.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip = 740–907; fD = 2H-6-6-(6–9)-(3–6)-…; DS = 26–35; VS = 21–33; NDV = 51–64. Standard measurements of 10 specimens from Turkey are given in Table 13. TABLE 13. Standard measurements of Neotrombicula delijani .

Type material deposition. Holotype and 1 paratype of N. delijani are deposited in ZMMU. Holotype and paratypes of N. alexandrae are deposited in ZISP.

Type material examined. Holotype (I-158-1787) and paratype of N. delijani ex Meriones persicus , IRAN: Markazi Prov., 16 km N from Delijan, 1600 m a.s.l., 14 October 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov. Holotype (T-Tr.-2) and 7 paratypes of N. alexandrae ex Microtus sp. , Apodemus uralensis , and A. (Sylvaemus) sp., RUSSIA: Adygea, S from Maykop, 29–31 July 1991, coll. AAS.

Material from Turkey examined. 15 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis , Microtus sp. (one specimen in theriological collection of ZISP, labelled as M. rossiaemeridionalis ), and Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp. (one specimen in theriological collection of ZISP, labelled as A. fulvipectus ), Erzurum Prov., 1.5 km N from Güzelyayla, 2300 m a.s.l., 16 June 1998, coll. AAS; 9 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis , Cricetulus migratorius , and A. (Sylvaemus) sp., Erzurum Prov., northern slope of Mescit Range, 2650 m a.s.l., 19 June 1998, coll. AAS; 10 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis and A. (Sylvaemus) sp., Erzurum Prov., 1.5 km S from Ahlatli, 2030 m a.s.l., 20 June 1998, coll. AAS.

Hosts. Chionomys gud (Satunin) , Ch. nivalis (Martins) , Microtus sp. , Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas) , Meriones persicus (Blanford) , Apodemus agrarius (Pallas) , A. ponticus (Sviridenko) , A. sylvaticus (L.), A. uralensis (Pallas) , Talpa caucasica Satunin.

Distribution. Russia (Volgograd Prov., Krasnodarskiy Krai, Adygea, Stavropolskiy Krai, North Ossetia, Dagestan), Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan. This species is here recorded from Turkey for the first time.

Remarks. A part of Kepka’s material identified as “ Neotrombicula autumnalis autumnalis ” (namely, 3 specimens from Bornova and 7 specimens from Kavaklidere), judging from the measurements ( Kepka 1966), probably belong to N. delijani .