KEPKATROMBICULA NOM. N., A NEW NAME FOR THE CHIGGER MITE GENUS EUTONELLA KUDRYASHOVA, 1988 (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE), WITH NOTES ON ITS SYSTEMATICS

About authors:

Naina I. Kudryashova ,

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

Alexandr A. Stekolnikov,

 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
e-mail: Alexandr.Stekolnikov@zin.ru

Annotation:

A new substitute name, Kepkatrombicula nom. n., is proposed for the chigger mite genus Eutonella Kudryashova, 1988 (preoccupied by Müller, 1921 for caddis flies); list of included species is given. Validity of the genus and taxonomic status of a human-infesting chigger Trombicula desaleri Methlagl, 1928 are discussed.

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