Microtrombicula sicei (André, 1951) comb. nov.

Thrombicula sicei André, 1951a: 216, fig. 1.

Thrombicula sicei – André 1951c: 374. — Le Gac 1951: 545; 1952a: 748; 1952b: 477.

Trombicula (Trombicula) sicei – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 70.

Trombicula sicei – Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959: 231. — Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 131. — Zumpt 1961: 138.

Eltonella (Eltonella) sicei – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 74, pl. T; 1965c: 42. — Taufflieb 1965a: 25. — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 118.

Holotype

MNHN (Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a).

Distribution

Central African Republic (Bangui, Berbérati, Bossangoa, Bouar, Kaga Bandoro, Kouki, M’Baiki, Méré, Mongoumba, Possel, Yaka), Cameroon (Yaoundé), Angola (Dundo).

Hosts

Aethomys medicatus, Anomalurus pusillus, Arvicanthis niloticus, Gallus gallus, Ichneumia albicauda, Lemniscomys barbarus, L. striatus, Mastomys coucha (Le Gac 1952a), M. natalensis (Zumpt 1961), Mylomys dybowskii, Numida meleagris, N. meleagris galeatus, Pternistis bicalcaratus, Ptilopachus petrosus, P. petrosus brehmi, Rattus rattus, Thryonomys swinderianus .