Trombigastia Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan, 1957

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 117

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scientific name	Trombigastia Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan, 1957
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Diagnosis

SIF = 7B-N-3-3111.0(1)000; fsp = 7.7.7; Ip = 550–850. Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap; galeal setae nude; palpal claw 3-pronged; palpal tarsus with 7 branched setae. Scutum trapezoidal, with concave lateral margins, with 1 AM, 2 AL, 2 PL setae, and fusiform sensilla covered with setules. Eyes 2 + 2. Legs 7-segmented, tarsala I long and slender, twice as long as tarsala II, 3 genualae I, 1 genuala II, tibiala and genuala III present, mastitarsala (nude or with few basal cilia) usually present. Parasites of bats.

References

Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. & Brennan J. M. 1957. Eight new chiggers from East Africa and a new genus, Trombigastia (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50 (5): 484 - 496. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 50.5.484