Lacertacarus Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977

Stekolnikov, Alexandr & Daniel, Milan, 2012, 3216, Zootaxa 3216, pp. 1-104 : 66

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scientific name	Lacertacarus Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977
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Genus Lacertacarus Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977

Lacertacarus Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977: 266 ; Kudryashova 1979: 68; 1998: 243; Kalúz 2011: 16 View Cited Treatment .

Type species: Trombicula callosa Schluger, 1966 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-2(3)111.1(0)000; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; Ip <900. Eyes 2 + 2. Scutum nearly trapezoidal or pentagonal, very wide (PW two times or more as long as SD). Sensilla flagelliform, branched in distal half. Dorsal idiosomal setae usually lanceolate.

Hosts. Reptiles ( Lacerta ).

Distribution. Russia (Krasnodarskiy Krai), Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Greece.

Species included. Lacertacarus callosus ( Schluger, 1966) , L. graecus Kalúz, 2011 , L. latus Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977 , L. similis Schluger and Vasilieva, 1977 , L. turcicus Kalúz, 2011 .

References

Kaluz, S. (2011) Two new chigger mites of the genus Lacertacarus (Acari: Prostigmata, Trombiculidae). Zootaxa, 2922, 15 - 26.

Kudryashova, N. I. (1979) The contemporary state of study of trombiculid mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) of the USSR fauna. Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Zooparazitologiya, 5, 5 - 112. [In Russian]

Kudryashova, N. I. (1998) Chigger mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) of East Palaearctics. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 342 pp. [In Russian]

Schluger, E. G. (1966) New species of mites from the subfamily Trombiculinae Ewing (Acariformes, Trombiculidae). In: Parasites, intermediate hosts, and vectors. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, pp. 208 - 215. [In Russian]

Schluger, E. G. & Vasilieva, I. S. (1977) New genus and two new species of chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) from lizards. Parazitologiya, 11, 265 - 268. [In Russian]