Neotrombicula heptneri Kudryashova, 1973

Neotrombicula heptneri Kudryashova, 1973 in Kudryashova et al. 1973a: 134, fig. 3; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 135; Stekolnikov & Kar 2015: 355.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; fD = 2H-6-6-8-2-4-(4)-2-(2); DS = 32–36; VS = 26–37; NDV = 60–69; Ip = 1019–1131; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements of holotype and paratype: AW 79, 81, PW 89, 93, SB 31, 30, ASB 34, 36, PSB 34, 34, SD 68, 70, P-PL 31, 32, AP 33, 33, AM 43, 44, AL 47, 44, PL 72, 75, S 76, 74, H 69, 71, D min 49, 53, D max 64, 68, V min 35, 34, V max 50,52, pa 414, 409, pm 353, 346, pp 401, 401, Ip 1168, 1156, TaIIIL 104, 101, TaIIIW 19, 18 .

Type material examined. Holotype larva (ZMMU Tdt-33, I-65 -2159) from Meriones persicus, Chehel Zarʼi, 1570 m a.s.l., stony slopes of mountains, 26 October 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov; one paratype larva (ZMMU Tdt- 34, I-64 -2524) from Meriones lybicus, Fesa, 1130 m a.s.l., 30 November 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov.

Hosts. Capra hircus, Meriones libycus, M. persicus, Tatera indica .

Distribution. Iran (Chahar Taq, Chehel Zarʼi, Kerman, Mahdishahr), Turkey.

Remarks. Measurements in the original description of this species (Kudryashova et al. 1973a) are systematically smaller than our measurements of type specimens (Stekolnikov & Kar 2015). However, in her later work Kudryashova replaced the table of measurements for N. heptneri with other values (Kudryashova et al. 1978), which do not significantly differ from our results.