Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 27

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scientific name	Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971
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Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971: 581 , figs. 63–70; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 162; Kudryashova 1998: 273, fig. 233. Helenicula lanius caspica Muljarskaja, 1971: 1188 , fig. 4.

Diagnosis. SIF = 5B-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.2; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AL> PL> AM; DS = 55–60; VS = 41–50; NDV = 98–109; Ip = 795–848; eyes 2 + 2; S 1 apical, at level of ST; f 1 posterior to S 1; tibialae I apical; f 2 anterior to S 2. Measurements of H. lukshumiae holotype ( Nadchatram & Traub 1971): AW 52 , PW 67 , SB 11, ASB 26, PSB 13, SD 39, AP 22, AM –, AL 53 , PL 50 , S 28, H 30–35, D min 20, D max 30, V min 20, V max 30, pa 300, pm 240, pp 300, Ip 840, TaIIIL 85, TaIIIW 13.

Type data. Holotype of Helenicula lukshumiae , larva (USNM 9496, B59547-1) from Calomyscus sp., Ahmadabad, 18 November 1963, coll. H.W. Setzer.

Type material examined. Paratype of Helenicula lanius caspica , larva (ZMMU Tdt-2772, 676) from Microtus arvalis , Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Shushinsky District, Bolshoy Kirs, 13 August 1966, coll. L.V. Muljarskaja.

Hosts. Calomyscus sp., Microtus arvalis , Meriones persicus , Meriones tristrami , Mus musculus.

Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Abhar, Ahmadabad, Ajami, Behbahan, Chahar Taq, Mahdishahr).