Microtrombicula galerida ( Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970 ) Stekolnikov & Saboori & Shamsi & Hakimitabar, 2019

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 42-43

Microtrombicula galerida ( Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970) , comb. nov.

Eltonella (Eltonella) galerida Vercammen-Grandjean, Rohde and Mesghali, 1970: 774 (material), 777 (description), fig. 3.

Diagnosis. SIF = 6B-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx= 1.1.1; fSt=2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-8-8-6-4-4-2; DS = 34; VS = 34; NDV = 68; Ip = 754–788; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements of holotype and paratype ( Vercammen-Grandjean et al. 1970): AW 60, 59 , PW 66 , 69 , SB 23, 21, ASB 25, 24, PSB 26, 27, SD 51, 51, AP 24, 26, AM 36 , 40 , AL 31, 32, PL 44 , 47 , S 82, 80, H 43, 44, D min 30, 31, D max 38, 39, V min 28, 27, V max 35, 36, pa 282, 268, pm 232, 222, pp 274, 264, Ip 788, 754.

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( IUMS) from Galerida cristata, Bandar Abbas, 16 February 1967, coll. C.J. Rohde.

Hosts. Columba livia, Galerida cristata.

Distribution. Iran ( Bandar Abbas).

Remarks. Following Kudryashova (1998), we regard Eltonella Audy, 1956 as a synonym of Microtrombicula Ewing, 1950 and thus propose here the new combination Microtrombicula galerida .