Microtrombicula mastomyia ( Radford, 1942 ), 2018

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 158-159

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scientific name	Microtrombicula mastomyia ( Radford, 1942 )
status	comb. nov.

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Microtrombicula mastomyia ( Radford, 1942) View in CoL comb. nov.

Trombicula mastomyia Radford, 1942: 64 , fig. 32.

Thrombicula giroudi André, 1951a: 218, fig. 2.

Trombicula mastomyia kivuensis Vercammen-Grandjean & Jadin, 1956b: 346 , figs 1A 1, B 1, C 1, 2.

Trombicula mastomyia – Radford 1947: 585, figs 9–10. — Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 130. — Zumpt 1961: 137, figs 81, 82b, c.

Thrombicula giroudi – André 1951c: 374; 1952: 534. — Le Gac 1951: 545; 1952a: 748. — Giroud et al. 1952: 450.

Trombicula (Trombicula) mastomyia – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 67. — Taufflieb 1960b: 224.

Trombicula (Trombicula) giroudi – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 65.

Trombicula mastomyia giroudi – Vercammen-Grandjean & Jadin 1956b: 345, fig. 1A3, B3, C3. — Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959: 228. — Zumpt 1961: 137.

Trombicula mastomyia mastomyia – Vercammen-Grandjean & Jadin 1956b: 345, fig. 1A2, B2, C2.

Eltonella (Coecicula) mastomyia – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 54, pl. B; 1965c: 40. — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 118. — Paperna et al. 1970: 330.

Trombicula mastomyia kivuensis – Zumpt 1961: 137.

Holotype

Trombicula mastomyia : BMNH 1946.12.18.10 . Thrombicula giroudi : no data. Trombicula mastomyia kivuensis : RMCA 82313 .

Material revised

Holotype of Trombicula mastomyia (the slide is crystallized, coverslip is cracked). One specimen originated from the collection of Marc André , labeled as “ Trombicula giroudi ”, from RMCA (No. 82323). Holotype and nine paratypes of Trombicula mastomyia kivuensis from RMCA, including two nymphs.

Distribution

Sierra Leone (Freetown, Wellington), Ivory Coast (Minankro), DR Congo (Gemena, Matadi, Mutwanga), Central African Republic (Bangui, Batangafo, Bewiti, Bimbo, Boali, Bomango, Bossangoa, Boukoko, Bouar, Dekoa, M’Baiki, Mobaye, Mongoumba, N’Gotto, Possel, Yaka), Cameroon (Douala), Ghana (Tema).

Hosts

Arvicanthis rufinus , A. niloticus , Crocidura sp. , Lemniscomys striatus , Mastomys erythroleucus (type host), M. natalensis , Mus musculus , Mus (Nannomys) sp., Mylomys dybowskii , Praomys tullbergi , Rattus norvegicus , R. rattus .

Remarks

Thrombicula giroudi and subspecies Trombicula mastomyia kivuensis were synonymized with Eltonella mastomyia by Vercammen-Grandjean (1965a).

References

Andre M. 1951 a. Deux nouvelles especes de Thrombicula d'Afrique Equatoriale. Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique 44 (3 - 4): 215 - 221.

Andre M. 1951 c. Sur une forme larvaire de Schongastia (Acarien) parasite de petits Mammiferes en Oubangui-Chari. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2 eme serie 23: 372 - 374. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 54516253 [accessed 29 November 2017].

Andre M. 1952. Note complementaire sur la repartition de Trombicula Giroudi M. Andre (Acarien) en Afrique-Equatoriale. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 2 eme serie 24: 534 - 535. Available from https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 54570825 [accessed 29 November 2017].

Audy J. R. & Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1961 a. African Trombiculidae (Acarina). 1. An interim note on the genus Trombicula Berlese and the subgenus Microtrombicula Ewing. Annals of the Natal Museum 15 (12): 125 - 133. Available from https: // hdl. handle. net / 10520 / AJA 03040798 _ 814 [accessed 4 December 2017].

Giroud P., Le Gac P. & Gaillard J. A. 1952. Mise en evidence de toxoplasmes sur souris inoculees avec des broyats de Thrombicula le gaci - Marc Andre 1950 - recueillis sur Lemmiscomys barbarus striatus

Le Gac P. 1951. Prospection et capture des acariens du genre Thrombicula a Oubangui-Chari (A. E. F.). Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 44: 545 - 549.

Le Gac P. 1952 a. Contribution a l'etude des acariens des genres Trombicula, Schongastia et Schongastiella recueillis sur les rongeurs de l'Oubangui-Chari (A. E. F.). Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales 45: 747 - 749.

Paperna I., Furman D. P. & Rothstein N. 1970. The parasite fauna of rodents from urban and suburban areas of Accra-Tema, South Ghana. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 81: 330 - 336.

Radford C. D. 1942. The larval Trombiculinae (Acarina: Trombidiidae) with descriptions of twelve new species. Parasitology 34 (1): 55 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000015997

Radford C. D. 1947. New larval mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 116: 579 - 601. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1947. tb 00137. x

Taufflieb R. & Mouchet J. 1959. Revue des Trombiculidae du Cameroun et description de huit especes et sous-especes nouvelles. Acarologia 1 (2): 228 - 245.

Taufflieb R. 1960 b. Etude d'une collection de Trombiculidae d'Afrique Occidentale. Acarologia 2 (2): 224 - 237.

Taufflieb R., Chippaux A. & Rickenbach A. 1967. Contribution a l'etude des ectoparasites de Vertebres en Republique Centrafricaine. Cahiers ORSTOM, serie Entomologie medicale et Parasitologie 5 (2): 115 - 125.

Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. & Jadin J. B. 1956 b. Considerations sur un groupe d'especes africaines du genre Trombicula, groupe mastomyia. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 53: 343 - 348.

Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1965 a. Revision of the genera: Eltonella Audy, 1956 and Microtrombicula Ewing, 1950, with descriptions of fifty new species and transferal of subgenus Chiroptella to genus Leptotrombidium (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Acarologia 7 (suppl.): 34 - 257.

Wharton G. W. & Fuller H. S. 1952. A manual of the chiggers. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 4: 1 - 185.

Zumpt F. (ed.) 1961. The arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Vol. 1: Chelicerata. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research 11 (50): 1 - 457.

Abbreviations

BMNH	United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]
RMCA	Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
SuperOrder	Acariformes
Order	Trombidiformes
Family	Trombiculidae
SubFamily	Trombiculinae
Tribe	Trombiculini
Genus	Microtrombicula