Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 46-47

Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977

( Fig. 19 )

Neotrombicula delijani Kudryashova, 1977: 57 , fig. 8; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 133; Stekolnikov 1997: 533, fig. 2; 1998: 229; Stekolnikov & Daniel 2012: 43 , fig. 28. Neotrombicula alexandrae Stekolnikov, 1993: 289 , figs. 1, 2.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6-6(4)-2(4)-(4); DS = 30; VS = 32; NDV = 62; Ip = 840–843; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 slightly posterior to S 2. Measurements of holotype: AW 72 , PW 91 , SB 31, ASB 27, PSB 27, SD 54, P-PL 25, AP 28, AM 34 , AL 32, PL 45 , S 65, H 45, D min 37, D max 45, V min 27, V max 41, pa 272, pm 236, pp 286, Ip 794, TaIIIL 80, TaIIIW 14.

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( ZMMU Tdt-58, I-158-1787) from Meriones persicus, Delijan , edge of a garden on mountain slope, 14 October 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov.

Hosts. Apodemus agrarius , A. ponticus , A. uralensis , Chionomys gud , Ch. nivalis , Cricetulus migratorius , Meriones persicus , Talpa caucasica .

Distribution. Russia (Volgograd Province, Krasnodarskiy Krai, Adygea, Stavropolskiy Krai, North Ossetia, Dagestan), Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Iran (Delijan).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Neotrombicula delijani, scutum.