Microtrombicula pembaensis ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 265-286 : 284

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20184240
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4521475
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scientific name	Microtrombicula pembaensis ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965 )
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Microtrombicula pembaensis ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965)

Material examined — 4 larvae (in 3 slides, IRSNB) from Galago moholi A. Smith ( Primates : Galagidae ), RWANDA, Akanyaru River, Oct. 1954, collected by A. Fain.

Remarks — This species was known from its type locality only (Pemba Island, Tanzania), where it was collected from unidentified rodents. Here it is recorded from Rwanda G. and moholi for the first time.