Microtrombicula vitosa ( Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1963 )

Antonovskaia, Anastasia A. & Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, Redescriptions of ten chigger mite species (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 4969 (1), pp. 1-53 : 46-50

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Microtrombicula vitosa ( Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1963 )
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Microtrombicula vitosa ( Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1963)

( Figs. 31C, D View FIGURE 31 , 35–37 View FIGURE 35 View FIGURE 36 View FIGURE 37 )

Trombicula vitosa Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1963: 694 , figs. 16–22.

Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) vitosa: Wen 1984: 315 ; Li et al. 1997: 277, fig. 2-10-11; Chau et al. 2007: 98, fig. 46.

Diagnosis. SIF = 4B1b1N-N-2-3111.1000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fPp = B/B/BNB; fSc: PL> AM = AL; Ip = 585–636; fD = 2H-6-6-4-5-5; DS = 24–28; V = 25–31; NDV = 49–58. Sensilla branched; sternal setae nude; coxal setae I with 1 short cilium; coxal setae II and III nude. Standard measurements of type series given in Table 11 View TABLE 11 .

Description (larva) [based on lectotype and 7 paralectotypes]. IDIOSOMA ( Figs. 31C, D View FIGURE 31 , 35 View FIGURE 35 ). Eyes 2 + 2; 24–28 barbed dorsal idiosomal setae, including one pair of humeral setae; 4 nude sternal setae; 25–31 ventral setae, nude or having few inconspicuous cilia; NDV = 49–58.

GNATHOSOMA ( Fig. 36A, B View FIGURE 36 ). Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap; gnathobase with sparse puncta and 1 pair of branched setae; cheliceral base with sparse puncta; galeala nude; palpal claw with 2 prongs, internal prong longer; setae on palpal femur and genu with few short barbs, dorsal palpal tibial seta with few short barbs, lateral palpal tibial seta nude, ventral palpal tibial setae with few branches; palpal tarsus with 4 branched setae, 1 seta with single branch, 1 nude seta and tarsala.

SCUTUM ( Figs. 31C View FIGURE 31 , 36C View FIGURE 36 ). Pentagonal, wider than long, with anterolateral shoulders, with rounded posterior margin, densely covered with small puncta, with 1 AM, 1 pair of ALs and 1 pair of PLs; AM anterior to level of ALs; all scutal setae uniformly barbed; PLs longest scutal setae, ALs and AM of about equal length; sensilla flagelliform, slightly expanded, with 8 long branches in distal half; sensillum bases situated close to each other and far anterior to level of PLs (PSB – P-PL = 9–14 µm).

LEGS ( Fig. 36D–F View FIGURE 36 ). All 7-segmented, with 1 pair of claws and claw-like empodium. Leg I: coxa with 1 seta bearing 1 short cilium (1b); trochanter with 1 branched seta (1B); basifemur 1B; telofemur 5B; genu 4B, 3 genualae, microgenuala; tibia 8B, 2 tibialae, microtibiala; tarsus 22B, tarsala, microtarsala at level of tarsala, subterminala, parasubterminala, pretarsala. Leg II: coxa with 1 nude seta (1N); trochanter 1B; basifemur 2B; telofemur 4B; genu 3B, genuala; tibia 6B, 2 tibialae; tarsus 16B, tarsala, microtarsala at level of tarsala, pretarsala. Leg III: coxa 1N; trochanter 1B; basifemur 2B; telofemur 3B; genu 3B, genuala; tibia 6B, tibiala; tarsus 13B, mastitarsala.

Hosts. Rattus tanezumi Temminck [= Rattus flavipectus (Milne-Edwards) ]. The host was indicated as “rat” on the slide labels but was identified as R. flavipectus in the thesis of Grochovskaja (unpublished typescript).

Distribution. China (Wen 1984; Li et al. 1997), Vietnam.

Type material examined ( Fig. 37 View FIGURE 37 ). Lectotype (here designated): larva ZMMU Tdt-3280 “ Trombicula vitosa -5” (specimen 2) ex R. tanezumi (labeled as “rat”) No 568, Vietnam, Nghe An Province, Phu Quy, 10 September 1956, coll. I.M. Grochovskaja. Paralectotypes: four larvae, ZMMU Tdt-3280 “ Trombicula vitosa ” (specimen 2), ZMMU Tdt-3280 “ Trombicula vitosa -2” (specimen 1), ZMMU Tdt-3280 “ Trombicula vitosa -3” (specimen 5), ZMMU Tdt-3280 “ Trombicula vitosa -4” (specimen 1), same collection data as for lectotype; three larvae, ZMMU Tdt- 3281 “ Trombicula vitosa ” (specimens 1, 2), ZMMU Tdt-3281 “ Trombicula vitosa -2” (specimen 3) ex R. tanezumi (labeled as “rat”) No 577, Vietnam, Nghe An Province, Phu Quy, 11 September 1956, coll. I.M. Grochovskaja.

Remarks. This species is similar to M. spicea (Gater, 1932) by the presence of slightly expanded sensilla, but differs by the nude lateral palpal tibial seta (fPp = B/B/BNB vs. B/B/BBB), 7-segmented legs (fsp = 7.7.7 vs. 7.6.6), longer scutum (SD = 46–48 vs. 41–42), and longer legs (Ip = 585–636 vs. 516–534) ( Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a).

As Vercammen-Grandjean (1965a) noted for M. spicea , the presence of slightly expanded sensilla relates this species to the genus Ascoschoengastia from the tribe Schoengastiini . Probably, Kudryashova (2004) did not list M. vitosa in the catalogue of types because of the uncertainty of the taxonomic position of this species.

TABLE 11. Standard measurements (µm) and numbers of setae of Microtrombicula vitosa (n = 8).

  Range Mean Lectotype
AW 45–49 47 45
PW 53–58 57 58
SB 15–18 17 17
ASB 22–23 22 22
PSB 24–26 24 24
SD 46–48 47 47
P-PL 11–15 13 14
AP 22–26 24 24
AM 25–28 27 26
AL 25–27 26 26
PL 33–37 35 34
H 36–49 39 49
D min 23–27 25 26
D max 27–34 30 31
V min 14–18 17 14
V max 20–29 24 27
pa 199–222 213 207
pm 171–198 181 178
pp 203–225 212 203
Ip 585–636 606 589
DS 24–28 25 25
V 25–31 29 31
NDV 49–58 54 56

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

SuperOrder

Acariformes

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Trombiculidae

SubFamily

Trombiculinae

Tribe

Trombiculini

Genus

Microtrombicula

Loc

Microtrombicula vitosa ( Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1963 )

Antonovskaia, Anastasia A. & Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. 2021
2021
Loc

Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) vitosa

Chau, N. V. & Hien, D. S. & Van, N. T. 2007: 98
Li, J. & Wang, D. & Chen, X. 1997: 277
1997
Loc

Trombicula vitosa

Schluger, E. G. & Grochovskaja, I. M. & Ngu, D. V. & Hoe, N. X. & Tung, D. K. 1963: 694
1963
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