A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-31 5323 1 27 55 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2 1175-5326 69FB16D4-9691-4D4D-9DEC-704BA325E07D Afrotrombicula ( Afrotrombicula ) vanbreei Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981 Afrotrombicula ( Afrotrombicula ) vanbreei Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1981: 418 , figs. 8–13. Afrotrombicula vanbreei : Stekolnikov 2018: 124 . Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-B-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; PL> AM> AL; fD = 2H-6-6-2-6-6-4-2; DS = 34; V = 42; NDV = 76; posterior scutal margin biconvex; f 1 at level of S 1 , f 2 at level of S 2 ; Ip = 830. Standard measurements are in Table 3 . Type deposition. Holotype in SMF (pA.10.1980.1). Distribution and hosts. This species was described from a single specimen collected ex Atherurus africanus Gray ( Rodentia : Hystricidae ) in Gabon (Makokou). Remarks. Afrotrombicula vanbreei is similar to A. rickenbachi and differs from it in the length of S 1 = 21 (overpass the base of subterminala) vs. 14–15 (not reaching the base of subterminala) and by the position of f 1 at the level of S 1 vs. distal to S 1 .