Toritrombicula uphami Nadchatram, 1967

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 : 1125

Toritrombicula uphami Nadchatram, 1967

( Fig. 5B )

Distribution and hosts — Described ex Pitta sordida (Statius Müller) ( Passeriformes:

Pittidae ) in Malaysia. Cyornis tickelliae , Enicurus ruficapillus , and Pellorneum nigrocapitatum are new host species.

Material examined — Two larvae ( ZIN 18172, 18173) ex Enicurus ruficapillus and

Pellorneum nigrocapitatum , MALAYSIA, Terengganu State, Pasir Raja Forest Reserve,

4.790517°N, 102.996835°E, 24 October 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran; one larva ( ZIN 18169)

ex Cyornis tickelliae , MALAYSIA, Kedah State, Langkawi Isl., Gunung Machinchang,

6.429010°N, 99.729852°E, 15 March 2022, coll. P. Rajasegaran.

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.