Microtrombicula traubi ( Muljarskaja and Verdieva, 1974 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 46

Microtrombicula traubi ( Muljarskaja and Verdieva, 1974)

Microtrombidium traubi Muljarskaja and Verdieva, 1974: 77 , figs. 1–4.

Microtrombicula traubi Kudryashova 1998: 88 , fig. 50

Eltonella grossa: Kudryashova 1976c: 301 , figs. 2, 3; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 109, fig. 8.

Diagnosis. SIF = 6B-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.2.1; fSt = 2.4; fSc: PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-8-6-6-4-2-2(4); DS = 30–32; VS = 34–46; NDV = 64–78; Ip = 669–696; eyes 1 + 1; ST and pST absent; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 slightly posterior to S 2. Measurements of Eltonella grossa type series ( Kudryashova 1998): AW 38–42, PW 45–50 , SB 17–20, ASB 24–25, PSB 20–22, SD 45–47, AP 20–22, AM 28–31 , AL 20, PL 31–36 , S 42, H 34–36, D min 25, D max 34, V min 17, V max 28, pa 232–249, pm 204–210, pp 230–238. Measurements of Eltonella grossa holotype: AW 40, PW 44 , SB 19, ASB 20, PSB 23, SD 43, P-PL 18, AP 19, AM 30 , AL –, PL 32 , H 32, D min 25, D max 31, V min 17, V max 25, pa 221, pm 193, pp 227, Ip 641, TaIIIL 65, TaIIIW 11.

Type material examined. Holotype larva of Eltonella grossa (ZMMU Tdt-349, I-367- 1122-26) from Meriones crassus, Hajiabad, 1900 m a.s.l., 20 August 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov.

Hosts. Allactaga williamsi , Meriones crassus , M. persicus , Mus musculus.

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Ajami, Hajiabad).