MICROTROMBICULA PELTIFERA, A NEW SUBSTITUTE NAME FOR M. MICROSCUTA STEKOLNIKOV, AL-GHAMDI, ALAGAILI AND MAKEPEACE, 2019 (ACARIFORMES, TROMBICULIDAE)

About authors:

Alexandr A. Stekolnikov,

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

Karl-Heinz Schmidt,

Independent Researcher, Oderwitz, Germany

Acknowledgments:

This research was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant No. АААА-А19-119020790133-6, issued to AAS).

Annotation:

Microtrombicula peltifera nom. n. is proposed as a new substitute name to replace M. microscuta Stekolnikov, Al-Ghamdi, Alagaili and Makepeace, 2019, which was found to be a junior homonym of M. microscuta Zhao, Liang and Qu, 1989. Morphological differences between M. peltifera and M. microscuta are given.

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