Kepkatrombicula blanfordi ( Kudryashova, 1977 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, Zootaxa 4549 (1), pp. 1-66 : 39

Kepkatrombicula blanfordi ( Kudryashova, 1977)

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Neotrombicula blanfordi Kudryashova, 1977: 47 , fig. 2; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 128.

Eutonella blanfordi: Kudryashova 1998: 156 ; Stekolnikov 2001b: 100.

Kepkatrombicula blanfordi: Kudryashova & Stekolnikov 2010: 79 .

Neotrombicula iranensis Goff and Saboori, 1998: 859 , fig. 2.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-2111.1000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AL> AM; fD = 2H-l 1-7-6-6-30; DS = 62; VS = 38 ; NDV = 100; Ip = 885; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 posterior to S 2. Measurements of holotype: AW 72 , PW 83 , SB 29, ASB 29, PSB 32, SD 61, P-PL 26, AP 26 , AM 29 , AL 35 , PL 41 , S 59, H 44, D min 41, D max 45, V min 27, V max 42, pa 301, pm 259, pp 297, Ip 857, TaIIIL 83, TaIIIW 18. Measurements of Neotrombicula iranensis type series ( Goff & Saboori 1998): AW 67–70 , PW 81–83 , SB 29–31, ASB 29–31, PSB 33–34, AP 26–28 , AM 25–28 , AL 38–40 , PL 41 , S 64–70, H 44–46, D min 33, D max 42, V min 29, V max 42, pa 294–302, pm 258–268, pp 304–322, Ip 857–892, TaIIIL 87, TaIIIW 16 .

Type material examined. Holotype larva of Neotrombicula blanfordi (ZMMU Tdt-65, I-142-1787) from Meriones persicus, Delijan, 1600 m a.s.l., 14 October 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov.

Host. Meriones persicus .

Distribution. Iran (Delijan, Kabudarahang).

Remarks. Described from a single specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Kepkatrombicula blanfordi, holotype. 1, scutum and eyes; 2, dorsal idiosomal seta of 1 st row; 3, arrangement of dorsal idiosomal setae; 4, arrangement of ventral idiosomal setae. Scale bars: 50 µm (1), 20 µm (2), 100 µm (3, 4).