Hypotrombidium legaci Stekolnikov 2018, comb. nov.

• Main Author: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Prostigmata; Trombiculidae; Hypotrombidium; Hypotrombidium legaci; Fuller; Ora; Wharton; Goff; Eme; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3849310; https://zenodo.org/record/3849310

Hypotrombidium legaci (André, 1950) comb. nov. Thrombicula legaci André, 1950b: 578, figs 1–5. Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthis Taufflieb, 1960b: 225, pl. 1. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) levicluni Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965c: 53 (nom. nud.). Thrombicula legaci – André 1951a: 221; 1951c: 374; 1953: 67. — Le Gac 1951: 545; 1952a: 747; 1953: 46; 1954: 414.— Giroud et al. 1952: 450. Trombicula (Leptotrombidium ? ) legaci – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 53. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthe – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 52. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) legaci – Zumpt 1961: 141. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 53. — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 118. Leptotrombidium (Hypotrombidium) legaci – Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 703, pl. 203. — Whitaker et al. 1983: 31. Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthis – Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 703. Holotype Trombicula legaci : USNM (Wharton & Fuller 1952), MNHN (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976); Trombicula arvicanthis : MNHN (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976). Material revised 404 specimens from RMCA labeled as “ Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) levicluni ”. Distribution Central African Republic (Bangui, Batangafo, Boali, Bossangoa, Bouar, Damara, Dekoa, M’Baiki, Méré, Mobaye, Mongoumba, Possel, Sibut, Yaka), DR Congo (Doruma), Congo (Kellé), Cameroon (?), Ghana (Accra), Nigeria (Afon, Felele, Igbo-Ora, Panyam Fish Farm, University of Lagos, Ibadan), Ivory Coast (Minankro). Hosts Aethomys medicatus , Arvicanthis niloticus (Zumpt 1961), A. rufinus (Le Gac 1952a; Taufflieb 1960b), Crocidura flavescens , Dasymys incomtus , Elephantulus fuscipes , Felis catus (type host), Funisciurus pyrrhopus , Gallus gallus (original data), G. gallus bankiva (Wharton & Fuller 1952), Gerbillus gerbillus , Graphiurus murinus , Heliosciurus gambianus , Lemniscomys barbarus (Zumpt 1961), L. striatus (original data), Lophuromys sikapusi , Mastomys coucha (Le Gac 1952a), M. natalensis (Zumpt 1961), Mus musculoides , Mylomys dybowskii , Oenomys hypoxanthus , Praomys daltoni , Rattus rattus , Taterillus emini. : Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on pages 139-140, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724 : {"references": ["Andre M. 1950 b. Une nouvelle forme larvaire de Thrombicula d'Afrique Equatoriale. 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