Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub 1971

• Main Authors: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen, Hakimitabar, Masoud
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• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Prostigmata; Trombiculidae; Helenicula; Helenicula lukshumiae; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5250870; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C84D87CD8377D253FF1815CB6301FAC6

Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971 Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, 1971: 581, figs. 63–70; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 162; Kudryashova 1998: 273, fig. 233. Helenicula lanius caspica Muljarskaja, 1971: 1188, fig. 4. Diagnosis. SIF = 5B-N-3-2111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.2; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AL> PL> AM; DS = 55–60; VS = 41–50; NDV = 98–109; Ip = 795–848; eyes 2 + 2; S 1 apical, at level of ST; f 1 posterior to S 1; tibialae I apical; f 2 anterior to S 2. Measurements of H. lukshumiae holotype (Nadchatram & Traub 1971): AW 52, PW 67, SB 11, ASB 26, PSB 13, SD 39, AP 22, AM –, AL 53, PL 50, S 28, H 30–35, D min 20, D max 30, V min 20, V max 30, pa 300, pm 240, pp 300, Ip 840, TaIIIL 85, TaIIIW 13. Type data. Holotype of Helenicula lukshumiae , larva (USNM 9496, B59547-1) from Calomyscus sp., Ahmadabad, 18 November 1963, coll. H.W. Setzer. Type material examined. Paratype of Helenicula lanius caspica , larva (ZMMU Tdt-2772, 676) from Microtus arvalis , Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Shushinsky District, Bolshoy Kirs, 13 August 1966, coll. L.V. Muljarskaja. Hosts. Calomyscus sp., Microtus arvalis, Meriones persicus, Meriones tristrami, Mus musculus . Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Abhar, Ahmadabad, Ajami, Behbahan, Chahar Taq, Mahdishahr). Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Saboori, Alireza, Shamsi, Mohsen & Hakimitabar, Masoud, 2019, Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4549 (1) on page 27, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2584949