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Issue: Vol. 3595 No. 1: 21 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3595.1.4
Page range: 77–88
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new chiggers of the genus Xinjiangsha (Acari: Trombiculidae) and a key to species of the genus

Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Nimnica 172, 020 01 Slovak Republic
Acari chigger mites key larvae new species

Abstract

Two new chigger mites Xinjiangsha rychliki sp. nov. and Xinjiangsha stekolnikovi sp. nov. (Acari: Trombiculidae) aredescribed on the basis of single specimens. The larva of Xinjiangsha rychliki sp. nov. was captured by pitfall trap in Turkey(host unknown) and Xinjiangsha stekolnikovi sp. nov. was collected from the ears of Chionomys gud (Satunin) in Caucasus. The key to the known Xinjiangsha species is also presented.

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