Kepkatrombicula crinita ( Schluger, 1966 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr & Daniel, Milan, 2012, 3216, Zootaxa 3216, pp. 1-104 : 37-39

Kepkatrombicula crinita ( Schluger, 1966)

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Neotrombicula crinita Schluger, 1966: 210 , fig. 2; Kudryashova 1979: 69.

Eltonella crinita, Schluger & Vysotzkaya 1970: 164 .

Eutonella crinita, Kudryashova 1988: 58 ; 1998: 151, fig. 112; Stekolnikov 2001c: 102.

Kepkatrombicula crinita, Kudryashova & Stekolnikov 2010: 79 .

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-2111.1000; fPp = B/B/NBB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; Ip = 950–1127; fD = (2-4)H-[(7–12)-(7–11)]-[(8–13)-(4–10)]-(9–15)-(8–13)-...; DS = 63–78; VS = 40–63; NDV = 108–133. Standard measurements of 18 specimens from Turkey are given in Table 10.

Type material (not examined). Holotype of N. crinita was not designated. Type material of this species, which was collected in Zelene (46° 07' 58" N, 30° 03' 08" E) ( Ukraine, Odessa Prov., Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Distr. ) is lost.

Comparative material examined. Two larvae (ZMMU) ex Microtus socialis , UKRAINE: Crimea, Kirovskyi District, Sofiyivka village (45° 16' 24" N, 35° 07' 43" E), 22 and 23 October 1957; 1 larva (ZMMU) ex M. arvalis , UKRAINE: Crimea, Simferopol District, “Polyarnoe” (other names Terskunda and Oktyabr’skoye, abandoned village, now agrobiological station of the Taurida National University), 44° 49' 44" N, 34° 13' 13" E, 31 October 1957, coll. F.N. Vshivkov, det. E.G. Schluger; 3 larvae (ZMMU) ex Myodes glareolus , MOLDOVA: StrăŞeni District, Lozova village (47° 07' 58" N, 28° 23' 09" E), 26 September 1962, coll., det. N.I. Kudryashova.

Material from Turkey examined. 16 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis , Trabzon Prov., Kalkanli (Zigana) Mts, 2500 m a.s.l., 11 June 1998, coll. AAS; 7 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis and Apodemus witherbyi , Adana Prov., 3.5 km W from Karanfil Mt, 1709 m a.s.l., 1 May 2009, coll. AAS; 3 larvae (ZISP) ex Apodemus witherbyi , Adana Prov., 8 km NE from Karanfil Mt, 1678 m a.s.l., 4 May 2009, coll. AAS; 5 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis and Apodemus flavicollis , Mersin Prov., 8 km NW from Çamlıyayla (Namrun), 1795 m a.s.l., 10 May 2009, coll. AAS.

Hosts. According to Kudryashova (1998), 18 mammal species (rodents and soricomorphs) and one bird [ Garrulus glandarius (L.)].

Distribution. Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan.