Microtrombicula nycteris ( Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean et Fain, 1955 )

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Microtrombicula nycteris ( Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean et Fain, 1955)

Type material examined — larva holotype ( RMCA 82288), No. 3653/A/66, from Nycteris macrotis Dobson ( Chiroptera : Nycteridae ), RWANDA, Butare (= Astrida), 2°36′S, 29°45′E, 3 Jun. 1953, collected by A. Fain; 2 larvae paratypes #2 and #4 ( RMCA 82290 , 82291 ), Nos . 3653/A/2 and 3653/A/4, other data the same.

Additional material examined — 2 larvae (in 1 slide, IRSNB) from ears N of. macrotis , RWANDA, Butare, Aug. 1954.

Remarks — This species was known only from its type series collected 3 June 1953 from N. macrotis . The specimens from IRSNB were probably collected at the same site one year later. In his revision of the genus Microtrombicula, Vercammen-Grandjean (1965) gave different data on type locality and collection time: Nyumba caves, Nyanza, 2°21′06′′S, 29°45′03′′E, 13 Nov. 1955.