Leptotrombidium rhodesianum ( Lawrence, 1949 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 144

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.395
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3849319
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scientific name	Leptotrombidium rhodesianum ( Lawrence, 1949 )
status

Treatment

Leptotrombidium rhodesianum ( Lawrence, 1949)

Trombicula rhodesiana Lawrence, 1949: 440 , fig. 26.

Trombicula rhodesiana – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 132. — Zumpt 1961: 139. Trombicula (Trombicula) rhodesiana – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 69.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) rhodesianum – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 54.

Holotype

NMSA 4871 View Materials .

Distribution

Zimbabwe (Bulawayo).

Hosts

Trachylepis margaritifera (original data), T. quinquetaeniata ( Zumpt 1961) .

Remarks

This species was not included in later revisions of the genus Leptotrombidium ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976; Stekolnikov 2013). Its original description is very incomplete; the generic placement must be confirmed after examination of type series.