Afrotrombicula, Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1978

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), Zootaxa 5323 (1), pp. 27-55 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8209355
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scientific name	Afrotrombicula
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Treatment

Key to species of Afrotrombicula View in CoL

(larvae)

1. AM absent; 20 dorsal idiosomal setae (fD = 2H-6-6-6); NDV = 43–48.............................. A. quadriscutala View in CoL

- AM present; more than 25 dorsal idiosomal setae; NDV> 65.................................................. 2

2. Mastitarsala absent.................................................................................... 3

- Mastitarsala present................................................................................... 6

3. AW> 70; PW ca. 80; SD> 65..................................................................... A. sciuri View in CoL

- AW <60; PW <70; SD <60 ............................................................................ 4

4. PW ca. 55; PSB ca. 21–25; SD <50.............................................................. A. nyongae View in CoL

- PW> 60; PSB ca. 28–34; SD> 50........................................................................ 5

5. Ip = 838–842; f 1 distal to S 1 ...................................................................... A. liberia View in CoL

- Ip> 900; f 1 proximal to S 1 .................................................................... A. machadoi View in CoL

6. NDV> 95........................................................................................... 7

- NDV <85........................................................................................... 8

7. Ip = 1066–1147; TaIIIL = 103–109; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 at level of S 2; PL = 98; H = 77–91; D min = 48–50; D max = 73–75.................................................................................................. A. nicolei

- Ip = 908–963; TaIIIL = 83–89; f 1 distal to S 1; f 2 behind S 2; PL = 67–77; H = 60–69; D min = 34–38; D max = 55–66.................................................................................................... A. nigeriensis

8. PL = 49–57; H = 46–51; D max = 42–49..................................................................... 9

- PL = 66–75; H = 61–64; D max = 55–61.................................................................... 10

9. S 1 = 14–15 (not reaching base of subterminala); f 1 distal to S 1 ....................................... A. rickenbachi

- S 1 = 21 (overpass base of subterminala); f 1 at level of S 1............................................... A. vanbreei View in CoL

10. Eight setae in 2 nd posthumeral row (fD = 2H-6-8-…); NDV = 78–84; posterior scutal margin arquate (pentagonal scutum); PW/SD = 1.48–1.50; TaIIIL = 74–78................................................. A. claviglia + A. kenyaensis View in CoL

- Six setae in 2 nd posthumeral row (fD = 2H-6-6-…); NDV = 68–76; posterior scutal margin straight or slightly concave in center and obliquely cut at edges (hexagonal scutum); PW/SD = 1.23–1.35; TaIIIL = 83–89............................... 11

11. Lateral palpal tibial seta with branch (fPp = B/B/NbB); f 1 distal to S 1 ................................... A. gabonica View in CoL

- Lateral palpal tibial seta nude (fPp = B/B/NNB); f

1 at level of S

....................... A. zairiensis + A. centrafricana