Leptotrombidium alopeciatum Traub and Nadchatram 1967
- 1. Department of Entomology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- 2. Laboratory of Tropical Ecology, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia alexbalakirev @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5183 - 2216 & Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Test Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
Description
* Leptotrombidium alopeciatum Traub and Nadchatram, 1967
Material examined. Vietnam: Đồng Nai (near Cát Tiên National Park)— Maxomys surifer, Tupaia belangeri (November 2014, 4 larvae), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy, Lâm Thǔy, Tân Lý)— Chiromyscus langbianis, Niviventer tenaster, Berylmys berdmorei, Berylmys bowersi, Niviventer mekongis, Tupaia belangeri, Niviventer tenaster, Bandicota indica, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus type IV, Leopoldamys herberti, Dremomys rufigenis (March 2017, 210 larvae), Thừa Thiên-Huḗ (Nam Đông, Thuong Long)— Chiromyscus chiropus (December 2019, 1 larva).
Distribution. Vietnam: Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộc (=Blao), October 1960)— Tupaia sp., Rattus sp., (HƯƠng Lâm, 1000 m, October 1960)— Tupaia sp., Lâm Đồng, Di Linh (Djiring, 1000 м, October 1960)— Dremomys sp.; Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộс); Song Trao (?); Lâm Đồng? (HƯƠng Lâm, Di Linh (Djiring)); Khanh Hoa? (Đại Lãnh); Kẻ La (?) (=Kẻ Lám, Nghệ An); Thái Đa, Tam La (?)— Tupaia sp., Dremomys sp., Hylomys sp., Rattus sp., 1 shrew (1000–1550 m) (Traub & Nadchatram 1967; Stekolnikov 2021).
Remarks. Specimens collected in Quang Binh and Thừa Thiên-Huḗ provinces differ from the description of L. alopeciatum (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976; Stekolnikov 2013) in the arrangement of dorsal setae (8-6- 6-… or 8-4-6-… vs. 6-4-4-…).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Trombiculidae
- Genus
- Leptotrombidium
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Traub and Nadchatram
- Species
- alopeciatum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leptotrombidium alopeciatum and, 1967 sec. Antonovskaia, Balakirev & Lopatina, 2023
References
- Traub, R. & Nadchatram, M. (1967) Three New Species of Leptotrombidium from Southeast Asia (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 4 (4), 483 - 489. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 4.4.483
- Stekolnikov, A. A. (2021) A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4913 (1), 1 - 163. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4913.1.1
- Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. & Langston, R. L. (1976) The chigger mites of the World (Acarina: Trombiculidae et Leeuwenhoekiidae). III. Leptotrombidium complex. George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, 1061 pp.
- Stekolnikov, A. A. (2013) Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the world. Zootaxa, 3728 (1), 1 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3728.1.1