African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species
Author
Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg
text
Acarologia
2018
2018-02-13
58
2
265
286
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184240
journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20184240
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Microtrombicula streptopelia
(
Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965
)
Material examined —
1 larva
(
IRSNB
) from ear of
Galago demidoff
G. Fischer
(=
Galago demidoffi pusilla
) (
Primates
:
Galagidae
),
DR CONGO
, east, unknown locality, 1950, collected by A. Fain.
Remarks — This species was described from two bird species in
DR Congo
. Here it is recorded on a primate host for the first time.