Leptotrombidium Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura and Imamura, 1916

Stekolnikov, Alexandr & Daniel, Milan, 2012, 3216, Zootaxa 3216, pp. 1-104 : 71

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5250579
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scientific name	Leptotrombidium Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura and Imamura, 1916
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Genus Leptotrombidium Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura and Imamura, 1916

Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) Nagayo et al., 1916: 392 .

Leptotrombidium, Vercammen-Grandjean 1960 : tabl.; Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1971: 445; 1976: 229; Nadchatram 1984: 1107; Wang & Yu 1992: 389; Li et al. 1997: 99; Kudryashova 1979: 27; 1998: 93; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 89.

Type species: Trombidium akamushi Brumpt, 1910 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7B-B-3-2111.0000; fPp = N/N/B(N)N(B)N(B); usually fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2. Eyes 2 + 2. Scutum subrectangular. Sensilla flagelliform, branched.

Hosts. Mammals.

Distribution. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (1 species), North America.

Species included. More than 200 in Leptotrombidium s. str. ( Kudryashova 1998); more than 250 in case Ericotrombidium Vercammen-Grandjean and André, 1966 and Trombiculindus Radford, 1948 are considered as subgenera of Leptotrombidium ( Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003) .