Microtrombicula streptopelia ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 265-286 : 284

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https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20184240

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502178

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scientific name

Microtrombicula streptopelia ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965 )
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Microtrombicula streptopelia ( Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965)

Material examined — 1 larva ( IRSNB) from ear of Galago demidoff G. Fischer (= Galago demidoffi pusilla ) ( Primates : Galagidae ), DR CONGO, east, unknown locality, 1950, collected by A. Fain.

Remarks — This species was described from two bird species in DR Congo. Here it is recorded on a primate host for the first time.

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

SuperOrder

Acariformes

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Trombiculidae

SubFamily

Trombiculinae

Tribe

Trombiculini

Genus

Microtrombicula

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