Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971

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).