Microtrombicula saperoi ( Radford, 1954 )

AlghamdiK, Samia Q., AlkathiryK, Hadil A., Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A., AlagailiK, Abdulaziz N. & Makepeace K, Benjamin L., 2023, Additions to the chigger mite fauna (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Saudi Arabia, with the description of a new species, Acarologia 63 (1), pp. 3-23 : 14

Microtrombicula saperoi ( Radford, 1954)

( Figs 4C, D , 7 , 8 )

Neotrombicula saperoi Radford, 1954: 296 .

Eltonella (Eltonella) saperoi: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 66 ; 1965b: 42. Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) saperoi: Nielsen et al. 2021: 155 .

Figures

Figure 4 Microtrombicula abyssinica(Radford, 1947), additional specimen: A – anterior part of idiosoma with scutum; B – scutum (only one broken sensillum present). Microtrombicula saperoi(Radford, 1954), additional specimen: C – anterior part of idiosoma with scutum; D – scutum (one sensillum broken). Scale bars: 50 μm.

Figure 7 Microtrombicula saperoi(Radford, 1954), paratype (A – C, F – L) and additional specimen (D, E): A – scutum (sensilla lost); B, D – dorsal aspect of idiosoma; C, E – ventral aspect of idiosoma; F – dorsal idiosomal seta; G – preanal idiosomal seta; H – anterior sternal seta; I – posterior sternal seta; J – coxal seta I; K – coxal seta II; L – coxal seta III. Abbreviations: cxI – leg I coxa; cxII – leg II coxa; cxIII – leg III coxa; sta – anterior sternal setae; stp – posterior sternal setae. Other abbreviations as on Figure 5. Scale bars: A – 50 µm; B, C – 100 µm; D, E – 100 µm; F – L – 20 µm.

Figure 8 Microtrombicula saperoi(Radford, 1954), paratype: A – leg I (trochanter – tarsus); B – leg II (trochanter – tarsus); C – leg III (trochanter – tarsus); D – dorsal aspect of gnathosoma; E – ventral aspect of gnathosoma. Abbreviations as on Figure 6. Scale bars: A – C – 50 µm; D, E – 20 µm.