Leptotrombidium rhodesianum (Lawrence, 1949)

Trombicula rhodesiana Lawrence, 1949: 440, fig. 26.

Trombicula rhodesiana – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 132. — Zumpt 1961: 139.

Trombicula (Trombicula) rhodesiana – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 69.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) rhodesianum – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 54.

Holotype

NMSA 4871.

Distribution

Zimbabwe (Bulawayo).

Hosts

Trachylepis margaritifera (original data), T. quinquetaeniata (Zumpt 1961) .

Remarks

This species was not included in later revisions of the genus Leptotrombidium (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976; Stekolnikov 2013). Its original description is very incomplete; the generic placement must be confirmed after examination of type series.