Ericotrombidium gerardi ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1976 ) Stekolnikov, 2018

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.395
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848859
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scientific name	Ericotrombidium gerardi ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1976 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Ericotrombidium gerardi ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1976) comb. nov.

Leptotrombidium (Ericotrombidium) gerardi Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1976: 788 , pl. 241.

Leptotrombidium (Ericotrombidium) gerardi – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 51 (nom. nud.).

Holotype

RMCA (not found).

Material revised

Fifty-three specimens from RMCA not designated as types. Specimen No. 88856 ringed by red lacquer is probably the holotype, while other specimens are paratypes.

Distribution

DR Congo (Kikondja, Lubumbashi).

Host

Elephantulus brachyrhynchus .

References

Abbreviations

RMCA	Royal Museum for Central Africa

Copyright notice

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Taxonomy

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