Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei ( Taufflieb, 1958 ) Stekolnikov, 2023

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), Zootaxa 5323 (1), pp. 27-55 : 34-36

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:69FB16D4-9691-4D4D-9DEC-704BA325E07D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8203809

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287F7-FFB5-FF96-FF3A-FD7FFAF8A48E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei ( Taufflieb, 1958 )
status

comb. nov.

Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei ( Taufflieb, 1958) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 5 View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 )

Neotrombicula nicolei Taufflieb, 1958: 418 View in CoL , fig. 2; Stekolnikov 2018: 181 View Cited Treatment .

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nicolei: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965: 71 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL (PL> AL> AM); fD = 2H-6-6-6(5)+(22– 27); DS = 38–46; V = 52–64; NDV = 90–110; palpal femur, genu, and tibia with multiple puncta; palpal femoral seta heavily branched, palpal genual seta with few short branches; shape of scutum between pentagonal and hexagonal; scutal puncta dense and small; posterior scutal margin prominent, rounded, almost straight in center; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 at level of S 2; Ip = 1066–1147. Standard measurements are given in Table 2 View TABLE 2 .

Note. *—after Taufflieb (1958); **—after Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1981).

Type deposition. Holotype (60B 1) and one paratype (60B 2) in MNHN; one paratype in MHNG; one paratype was in the collection of Abonnenc; three paratypes were in the collection of Taufflieb.

Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Congo (vicinities of Brazzaville), ex ears of Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall) , Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck) , and Oenomys hypoxanthus (Pucheran) ( Rodentia : Muridae ).

Type material examined. Holotype ( MNHN 60 About MNHN B 1) ex Oenomys hypoxanthus , B/ville (Brazzaville)-[19]56.

Additional material examined. One topotypic specimen ( MHNG), 2046-2, ex Dasymys incomtus, Gango Luigolo (obviously, Gangalingolo = Nganga Lingolo, 4°19′43″ S, 15°09′24″ E), Congo-[19]62, from Taufflieb GoogleMaps .

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Trombiculidae

Genus

Afrotrombicula

Loc

Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nicolei ( Taufflieb, 1958 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. 2023
2023
Loc

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nicolei:

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. 1965: 71
1965
Loc

Neotrombicula nicolei

Stekolnikov, A. A. 2018: 181
Taufflieb, R. 1958: 418
1958
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