Microtrombicula paralios Webb and Loomis, 1970

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Capek, Miroslav & Literák, Ivan, 2022, New species and records of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from birds of the Neotropics, Zootaxa 5141 (6), pp. 501-552 : 542

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.6.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6598152

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scientific name

Microtrombicula paralios Webb and Loomis, 1970
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Microtrombicula paralios Webb and Loomis, 1970 View in CoL

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Microtrombicula paralios Webb and Loomis, 1970: 135 View in CoL , fig. 2; Hoffmann 1990: 93, fig. 56; Daniel & Stekolnikov 2003b: 31.

Diagnosis. SIF = 5B1N-N-2-3111.1000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fPp = B/B/BBB; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip = 607–637; fD = 2H-6-6-6-4-4(6)-2; DS = 30–32; V = 26–30; NDV = 57–60. Palpal claw two-pronged, outer prong smaller; scutum nearly pentagonal, sparsely punctated, with distinct anterolateral shoulders, with angulate posterior margin; AM anterior to level of AL; sensilla flagelliform, with 8–10 branches in distal part, far anterior to level of PL (PSB—P-PL = 8–10 µm); sternal setae with few cilia or nude, coxal seta I with 2 branches, coxal seta II looks nude, coxal seta III with 3 branches. Standard measurements of examined specimens given in Table 15.

Distribution. Mexico ( Webb & Loomis 1970) and Paraguay (this study).

Hosts . Myotis vivesi Ménégaux (= Pizonyx vivesi ) ( Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae ) ( Webb & Loomis 1970).

New host records: Dendrocolaptes platyrostris , Paroaria capitata .

Material examined. Nine larvae ( ZIN 8950–8955 View Materials , 8957–8959 View Materials ) ex D. platyrostris No PG 238, PARAGUAY: San Rafael Nat. Park, Kanguery, 23 August 2012; 1 larva ( ZIN 9116 View Materials ) ex P. capitata No PG 439, Tres Gigantes Biological Station , 8 September 2012 .

Remarks. This species is very similar, by all available characters, to Microtrombicul a fragibarba ( Brennan and Jones, 1960) , but the latter was described incompletely. A careful redescription of M. fragibarba is required to establish the possible conspecificity of these species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Trombiculidae

Genus

Microtrombicula

Loc

Microtrombicula paralios Webb and Loomis, 1970

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Capek, Miroslav & Literák, Ivan 2022
2022
Loc

Microtrombicula paralios

Daniel, M. & Stekolnikov, A. A. 2003: 31
Hoffmann, A 1990: 93
Webb, J. P. Jr. & Loomis, R. B. 1970: 135
1970
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