Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub 1971
- Dataset
- Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Helenicula
- species
- Helenicula lukshumiae
biology_ecology
Hosts. Calomyscus sp., Microtus arvalis, Meriones persicus, Meriones tristrami, Mus musculus.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. SIF = 5 B-N- 3 - 2111.0000; fPp = B / B / BBB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l. 1.2; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AL> PL> AM; DS = 55 – 60; VS = 41 – 50; NDV = 98 – 109; Ip = 795 – 848; eyes 2 + 2; S 1 apical, at level of ST; f 1 posterior to S 1; tibialae I apical; f 2 anterior to S 2. Measurements of H. lukshumiae holotype (Nadchatram & Traub 1971): AW 52, PW 67, SB 11, ASB 26, PSB 13, SD 39, AP 22, AM –, AL 53, PL 50, S 28, H 30 – 35, D min 20, D max 30, V min 20, V max 30, pa 300, pm 240, pp 300, Ip 840, TaIIIL 85, TaIIIW 13.
distribution
Distribution. Azerbaijan, Iran (Abhar, Ahmadabad, Ajami, Behbahan, Chahar Taq, Mahdishahr).
materials_examined
Type data. Holotype of Helenicula lukshumiae, larva (USNM 9496, B 59547 - 1) from Calomyscus sp., Ahmadabad, 18 November 1963, coll. H. W. Setzer. Type material examined. Paratype of Helenicula lanius caspica, larva (ZMMU Tdt- 2772, 676) from Microtus arvalis, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, Shushinsky District, Bolshoy Kirs, 13 August 1966, coll. L. V. Muljarskaja.