NEW SPECIES OF THE CHIGGER MITE GENUS NEOTROMBICULA (ACARIFORMES, TROMBICULIDAE) FROM MIDDLE ASIA AND MONGOLIA

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Naina I. Kudryashova ,

Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str. 6, Moscow 125009, Russia

Annotation:

Eight new species ofchigger mites ofthe genus Neotrombicula are described: N.bondarisp.n., N.uraliensissp.n., N.villosa sp.n. from Kazakhstan; N.irata sp.n., N.karashoriensissp.n., N.lucida sp.n. from Kyrgyzstan; N.lubrica sp.n. from Tadjikistan and N.scrupulosa sp.n. from Mongolia. Larvae parasitized different species ofrodents ofthe geneiaApodemus, Cricetulus, Meriones, Rhombomys, Alticola, Clethrionomys.

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