Ericotrombidium jayewickremei (Womersley, 1952)

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 37

Ericotrombidium jayewickremei (Womersley, 1952)

Trombicula (Neotrombicula) jayewickremei Womersley, 1952: 138 , PI. 26, figs. F–J.

Leptotrombidium (Hypotrombidium) jayewickremei: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 729 , Pl. 215.

Leptotrombidium (Ericotrombidium) jayewickremei: Kudryashova et al. 1978: 114 , fig. 10.

Ericotrombidium jayewickremei: Kudryashova 1998: 134 , fig. 94.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx= 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM ḵ AL; fD = 2H-8-6-6-4-2-2; DS = 29–34; VS = 23–32; NDV = 59; Ip = 804–882; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 slightly anterior to S 2. Measurements (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976): AW 64–67, PW 73–81, SB 24–28, ASB 25–28, PSB 11–13, SD 36–41, AP 25–27, AM 33–50, AL 40–45, PL 44–50, S 56–70, H 42–43, D min 34–38, D max 41–50, V min 28–30, V max 39–42, pa 310–319, pm 261–266, pp 312–314, Ip 883–899.

Type data. Syntypes ( South Australian Museum , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) from Rattus rattus kandiyanus , Sri Lanka, September–November 1944, coll. S.H. Jayewickreme.

Hosts. Cricetulus migratorius , Crocidura suaveolens , Crocidura sp., Mus sp., Nesokia indica , Rattus pyctoris , R. rattus, Suncus sp., Tatera indica ( Kudryashova 1998) .

Distribution. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Tadjikistan, Iran (Zahedan).