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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184240
journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20184240
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Microtrombicula pembaensis
(
Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965
)
Material examined —
4 larvae
(in 3 slides,
IRSNB
) from
Galago moholi
A. Smith
(
Primates
:
Galagidae
),
RWANDA
, Akanyaru River,
Oct. 1954
, collected by A. Fain.
Remarks — This species was known from its
type
locality only (
Pemba Island
,
Tanzania
), where it was collected from unidentified rodents. Here it is recorded from
Rwanda
G.
and
moholi
for the first time.