Microtrombicula ugandae (Vercammen-Grandjean & Brennan 1957) Stekolnikov 2018
- Dataset
- Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. (2018): Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 395: 1-233, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Microtrombicula
- species
- Microtrombicula ugandae
biology_ecology
Hosts Canis lupus familiaris (type host), Centropus grillii, Oenomys hypoxanthus, Otomys tropicalis, Pelomys fallax.
discussion
Remarks Described from a single specimen.
distribution
Distribution Uganda (Entebbe), DR Congo (Shabunda, Luvungi, Bukavu).
materials_examined
Holotype Private collection of Vercammen-Grandjean (original data), RMCA (Vercammen-Grandjean 1965 a) (? – not found).