Leptotrombidium megabodense, STEKOLNIKOV, 2013

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3728.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5268438
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F1FAE842-B7F0-47D3-811C-F1DC8DC021B1
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leptotrombidium megabodense
status	sp. nov.

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41. Leptotrombidium megabodense sp. nov.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) bodense var. megabodense Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 351 , pl. 63.

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 = 28; NDV = 56; Ip = 849–859; AW 68–74, PW 81–86, SB 31–34, ASB 36, PSB 14, SD 46–50, AP 31–32, AM 58–64, AL 50–52, PL 72–74, S 88, H 64, D min 48, D max 60, V min 38, V max 51, pa 300–303, pm 254–259, pp 292–300. Eyes 2 + 2. Scutal posteromargin biconvex, well protruded. SB at level of PLs. Ratio PW/AP = 2.65. Dorsal idiosomal setae densely covered with 4 rows of moderate barbs (barbed tetrapectinala). Flagelliform sensilla with small cilia in proximal half and 19 long branches in distal half ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976).

Type material (not examined). Holotype (L: 82153/4) and 3 paratypes larvae ex Tupaia montana Thomas , MALAYSIA: Sabah State, Kinabalu Mt , 21 August 1953, coll. R. Traub. Type series is deposited in IMR.

Etymology. Species epithet refers to the large size of this species, as compared with the closely related Leptotrombidium bodense (Gunther, 1940) .