Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran
Author
Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Author
Saboori, Alireza
Author
Shamsi, Mohsen
Author
Hakimitabar, Masoud
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-01-22
4549
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1
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journal article
28527
10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1
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1175-5326
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Helenicula sparsa
(Schluger, 1955)
Neoschoengastia sparsa
Schluger, 1955: 204
, figs. 228–330.
Helenicula sparsa
:
Nadchatram & Traub 1971
: 589
;
Kudryashova
et al.
1978
: 159
, fig. 24;
Kudryashova 1998
: 277
, fig. 237.
Diagnosis.
SIF = 5B-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/BNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.2.4(5); fSt = 2.4(5); fSc: AL> PL> AM; DS = 108–115; VS = 72–85;
NDV
= 180–200;
Ip
= 947–987; 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 specimens from
Iran
and Tadjikistan (
Kudryashova 1998
): AW 56–62
,
PW 69–75
, SB 11–14, ASB 33–39, PSB 17–20, SD 50–56, AP 33–42,
AM 33–39
, AL 53–64,
PL 45– 56
, H 40–53, D
min
20–25, D
max
36–45, V
min
20–25, V
max
31–45, pa 300–350, pm 258–295, pp 297–342. Measurements of one
syntype
(
Nadchatram & Traub 1971
): AW 57,
PW 74
, SB 14, ASB 37, PSB 19, SD 56, AP 34,
AM 37
, AL 70,
PL 54
, S 30, H 55, D
min
30, D
max
50, V
min
28, V
max
45, pa 340, pm 240, pp 305, Ip 885, TaIIIL 80, TaIIIW 15.
Type data.
Syntypes
(
ZMMU
),
Tadjikistan
,
Kondara Gorge
(
38° 48' 52" N
,
068° 47' 03" E
)
.
Hosts.
Apodemus sylvaticus
,
Cricetulus migratorius
,
Meriones persicus
,
M. libycus
,
Mus
musculus,
Rattus pyctoris
,
Rhombomys opimus
.
Type
host is unknown.
Distribution.
Tadjikistan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Iran
(Chahar Taq, Delijan).