Microtrombicula mastomyia ( Radford, 1942 )

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Microtrombicula mastomyia ( Radford, 1942) 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).