Ornithogastia pastoriana (Taufflieb, 1958)

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 265-286 : 277

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20184240

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4521438

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ornithogastia pastoriana (Taufflieb, 1958)
status

 

Ornithogastia pastoriana (Taufflieb, 1958)

Material examined — 3 larvae ( IRSNB) from Tachymarptis melba maximus (Ogilvie-Grant)

(= Apus maximus ) ( Apodiformes : Apodidae ), DR CONGO, Kivu Province, unknown locality, 21 Jul. 1956, collected by A. Fain.

Remarks — This species was known only from its type series collected from Tarentola mauritanica (L.) ( Squamata : Phyllodactylidae ) in Morocco, Oued Cherrat, 33°48′55′′N, 7°06′36′′W. Here it is recorded outside the type locality, in DR Congo and on a bird host for the first time.

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

SuperOrder

Acariformes

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Trombiculidae

SubFamily

Trombiculinae

Tribe

Schoengastiini

Genus

Ornithogastia

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