A catalogue of the holotypes of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) at the Natural History Museum of Geneva
Author
Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-21
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Tenotrombicula minteri
Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965
Tenotrombicula minteri
Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965b: 259
, figs 1–14.
Declared deposition: RMCA.
Name on slide:
Tenotrombicula minteri
.
Handwritten catalogue:
Eltonella (Tenotrombicula)
.
Inscription:
TYPE
.
Collection data: Smeath, N[orthern] F[rontier] D[istrict],
Kenya
; in a mound of
Macrotermes bellicosus
(Smethman)
; nursery zone mound;
Jul. 1956
.
Number(s): A: 756/T/1.
Remarks: Described from adult instars. According to a supposition of Vercammen-Grandjean (1965b), these mites could be postlarval stages of
Microtrombicula celiae
, because some individuals of the latter, which is known exclusively from larvae, were found together with
T. minteri
. Note, however, that a similar hypothesis concerning
Blankaartia nilotica
(
Trägårdh, 1905
)
led to an erroneous association of postlarval stages with larvae belonging to a different family (
Vercammen-Grandjean 1973
).