Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) zairiensis Stekolnikov 2023, comb. nov.

• Main Author: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Trombiculidae; Afrotrombicula; Afrotrombicula zairiensis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8209347; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B287F7FFBDFF8FFF3AFD65FAB5A4A2

Afrotrombicula ( Afrotrombicula ) zairiensis (Taufflieb, 1966), comb. nov. (Figs. 11, 12) Neotrombicula ( Neotrombicula ) zairiensis Taufflieb, 1966: 296, fig. 1; Taufflieb et al. 1967: 119. Neotrombicula zairiensis : Stekolnikov 2018: 183. Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AL> AM (PL> AM> AL); fD = 2H-6-6-4-4-4-2(3), anterior rows also can be counted as 6-6-2-6; DS = 28–30; V = 38–46; NDV = 68–75; palpal femur and genu with puncta; scutum nearly hexagonal, with dense small puncta; posterior scutal margin prominent, straight in center and obliquely cut at edges; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 behind S 2; Ip = 946–968. Standard measurements are in Table 4. Type deposition. Holotype (58H 13) and three paratypes (58G 1, 2; 58H 15) in MNHN; two paratypes in RMCA (128388); two paratypes were deposited in the personal collection of Taufflieb. Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Congo (Ile M’Bamou) ex Praomys tullbergi (Thomas) (Rodentia: Muridae). In addition, Taufflieb (1966) reported it from another locality of Congo (Pointe-Noire) ex Crocidura sp. (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae); from Cameroon (Mbalmayo) ex Lophaetus occipitalis (Daudin) (Aves: Accipitriformes); from Angola (Dundo) ex Praomys morio (Trouessart); from the Central African Republic (Bangui) ex Rattus rattus and from the Central African Republic (Boukoko) ex Praomys sp. and Lophuromys sikapusi . Type material examined. Holotype (MNHN 58 H 13) ex Praomys tullbergi , Ile N’Bamou (Ile M’Bamou); one paratype (MNHN 58 H 15) with same data. Note. *—after Taufflieb (1966); **—after Goff (1995); #—after Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean (1981). Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on pages 42-43, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863