Neotrombicula vulgaris (Schluger, 1955)

Trombicula vulgaris Schluger, 1955: 213, fig. 362.

Neotrombicula vulgaris: Kudryashova et al. 1978: 126, fig. 14; Stekolnikov 1999: 389.

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) vulgaris: Kudryashova 1998: 203, fig. 161.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; fD = 4H-8(10)-10(13)-8(9)-8(7)-4-6; DS = 43–63; VS = 24–37; NDV = 72–95; Ip = 725–916; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements (Stekolnikov 1999): AW 72–86, PW 90–104, SB 31–40, ASB 26–32, PSB 25– 32, SD 54–63, P-PL 21–31, AP 25–34, AM 40–57, AL 38–49, PL 47–68, S 68–90, H 47–67, D min 37, D max 63, V min 25, V max 61, pa 241–326, pm 220–281, pp 256–324, Ip 725–916, TaIIIL 58–83, TaIIIW 14–18.

Type data. Syntypes larvae (ZMMU Tdt- 2356-2359), Russia, Stavropol Krai, Alexandrovskoe Village, coll. V.P. Petrov.

Hosts. Twelve species of rodents (Stekolnikov, 1999).

Distribution. Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, Russia (Stavropol Krai, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran (Mashhad 2), Turkmenistan, Israel, China (dubious record).