Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. Author Saboori, Alireza Author Shamsi, Mohsen Author Hakimitabar, Masoud text Zootaxa 2019 2019-01-22 4549 1 1 66 journal article 28527 10.11646/zootaxa.4549.1.1 5d41ffeb-8b0d-4381-836d-ccd12a52142a 1175-5326 2584949 A97BF119-20C4-4428-9A00-68DC9F2BE34F Walchia schelkovnikovi Kudryashova, 1976 Walchia schelkovnikovi Kudryashova, 1976b : 1102 , fig. 9; Kudryashova et al. 1978 : 169 . Diagnosis. SIF = 4B-N-3-2000.0000; fPp = N/N/NbN; fsp = 7.6.6; fCx = l.l.l; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AL ḵ PL ; fD = 2H- 8- 11-11-9-6 -1-4-2; DS = 50–54; VS = 42–48 ; NDV = 93–102; Ip = 557–580; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 at level of S 1 ; f 2 at level of S 2 . Measurements of type series ( Kudryashova et al. 1978 ): AW 48–53, PW 59–64 , SB 39–42, ASB 20, PSB 36– 42, SD 56–62, AP 28, AL 25–28 , PL 25–28 , S 31x11 , H 25–28, D min 20, D max 25–28, V min 14, V max 22, pa 193–204, pm 168–174, pp 193–202. Measurements of holotype : AW 49 , PW 59 , SB 38, ASB 18, PSB 42, SD 60, P-PL 31, AP 28, AL 24 , PL 25 , H 25, D min 26, D max 34, pa 193, pm 153, pp 189, Ip 535, TaIIIL 48, TaIIIW 14 . Type material examined. Holotype larva ( ZMMU Tdt-716, I-327-2821) from Meriones persicus , Abhar, 1750 m a.s.l., 8 August 1970 , coll. V.M. Neronov. Host . Meriones persicus . Distribution. Iran (Abhar).