Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ( Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), Zootaxa 5323 (1), pp. 27-55 : 49-50

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8203821

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287F7-FFA4-FF88-FF3A-FF3EFBA8A336

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scientific name

Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ( Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959 )
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Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ( Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959) View in CoL

( Figs. 15 View FIGURE 15 , 16 View FIGURE 16 )

Trombicula nyongae Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959: 231 , pl. 2; Zumpt 1961: 138.

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nyongae: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965: 71 .

Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae: Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1978: 108 View in CoL , pl. 3.

Afrotrombicula nyongae: Stekolnikov 2018: 123 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM>AL; fD = 2H-6-6-6-6(5)-4(5)-2(5); DS = 32–35; V = 48–54; NDV = 83–86; palpal femur with sparse puncta; scutal and idiosomal setae heavily barbed; branches of gnathosomal setae very long; scutum small, nearly pentagonal, with sparse puncta; posterior scutal margin weakly prominent, arquate; f 1 behind S 1; f 2 proximal to S 2; Ip = 894. Standard measurements are given in Table 6 View TABLE 6 .

Note. *—after Taufflieb & Mouchet (1959); **—after Taufflieb (1966).

Type deposition. Holotype (60F 2) and five paratypes (60F 1, 3; 60G 14, 15, 16) in MNHN.

Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Cameroon (Yaoundé) ex Praomys tullbergi , Lophuromys sp. , and Grammomys sp. (syn. Thamnomys sp. ) ( Rodentia : Muridae ). Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) briefly reported its presence in Angola (Dundo) on “insectivores ( Potamogale ) and bats”. The source of this information remains unclear.

Type material examined. Holotype ( MNHN 60 About MNHN F 2) ex Praomys tullbergi , Cameroun-[19]55.

Remarks. Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1978) placed this species in Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) , but erroneously used the combination “ Neotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ”.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Trombiculidae

Genus

Afrotrombicula

Loc

Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae ( Taufflieb and Mouchet, 1959 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. 2023
2023
Loc

Afrotrombicula nyongae: Stekolnikov 2018: 123

Stekolnikov, A. A. 2018: 123
2018
Loc

Afrotrombicula (Tauffliebicula) nyongae:

Kolebinova, M. & Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. 1978: 108
1978
Loc

Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) nyongae: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965: 71

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. 1965: 71
1965
Loc

Trombicula nyongae

Zumpt, F. 1961: 138
Taufflieb, R. & Mouchet, J. 1959: 231
1959
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