Leptotrombidium spicapilum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

STEKOLNIKOV, ALEXANDR A., 2013, <strong> <em> Leptotrombidium </ em> (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the World </ strong>, Zootaxa 3728 (1), pp. 1-173 : 63-64

104. Leptotrombidium spicapilum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) spicapilum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 376 , pl. 76.

Diagnosis. fPp = N/N/BNN; Pc = 3; Gn = 2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; SB/PL; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fD = 2H-8-6-6-6-

2; DS = 30; VS = 23; NDV = 53; Ip = 718; AW 53, PW 67, SB 25, ASB 25, PSB 11, SD 36, AP 26, AM 46, AL 38, PL 49, S -, H 50, D min 38, D max 50, V min 32, V max 47, pa 252, pm 218, pp 248.

Type data. Philippines, from Murinae gen. sp. (“ Rattus sp. ”) .

Remarks. This species, described from a single specimen, is very close morphometrically to L. paulum , but differs from it in the presence of four longitudinal rows of very long barbs on scutal and dorsal idiosomal setae (long-barbed tetrapectinala) vs. three rows of short sparse barbs (short-barbed tripectinala).