Ericotrombidium jayewickremei (Womersley 1952)
- Dataset
- Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Iran
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Ericotrombidium
- species
- Ericotrombidium jayewickremei
biology_ecology
Hosts. Cricetulus migratorius, Crocidura suaveolens, Crocidura sp., Mus sp., Nesokia indica, Rattus pyctoris, R. rattus, Suncus sp., Tatera indica (Kudryashova 1998).
diagnosis
Diagnosis. SIF = 7 BS-B- 3 - 2111.0000; fPp = B / B / NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM ḵ AL; fD = 2 H- 8 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 2; DS = 29 – 34; VS = 23 – 32; NDV = 59; Ip = 804 – 882; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 anterior to S 1; f 2 slightly anterior to S 2. Measurements (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976): AW 64 – 67, PW 73 – 81, SB 24 – 28, ASB 25 – 28, PSB 11 – 13, SD 36 – 41, AP 25 – 27, AM 33 – 50, AL 40 – 45, PL 44 – 50, S 56 – 70, H 42 – 43, D min 34 – 38, D max 41 – 50, V min 28 – 30, V max 39 – 42, pa 310 – 319, pm 261 – 266, pp 312 – 314, Ip 883 – 899.
distribution
Distribution. Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Tadjikistan, Iran (Zahedan).
materials_examined
Type data. Syntypes (South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) from Rattus rattus kandiyanus, Sri Lanka, September – November 1944, coll. S. H. Jayewickreme.