Afrotrombicula Kolebinova and Vercammen-Grandjean 1978
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Afrotrombicula

description: Key to species of Afrotrombicula
(larvae)
1. AM absent; 20 dorsal idiosomal setae (fD = 2H-6-6-6); NDV = 43–48.............................. A. quadriscutala
- AM present; more than 25 dorsal idiosomal setae; NDV> 65.................................................. 2
2. Mastitarsala absent.................................................................................... 3
- Mastitarsala present................................................................................... 6
3. AW> 70; PW ca. 80; SD> 65..................................................................... A. sciuri
- AW <60; PW <70; SD <60 ............................................................................ 4
4. PW ca. 55; PSB ca. 21–25; SD <50.............................................................. A. nyongae
- PW> 60; PSB ca. 28–34; SD> 50........................................................................ 5
5. Ip = 838–842; f 1 distal to S 1 ...................................................................... A. liberia
- Ip> 900; f 1 proximal to S 1 .................................................................... A. machadoi
6. NDV> 95........................................................................................... 7
- NDV <85........................................................................................... 8
7. Ip = 1066–1147; TaIIIL = 103–109; f 1 at level of S 1; f 2 at level of S 2; PL = 98; H = 77–91; D min = 48–50; D max = 73–75.................................................................................................. A. nicolei
- Ip = 908–963; TaIIIL = 83–89; f 1 distal to S 1; f 2 behind S 2; PL = 67–77; H = 60–69; D min = 34–38; D max = 55–66.................................................................................................... A. nigeriensis
8. PL = 49–57; H = 46–51; D max = 42–49..................................................................... 9
- PL = 66–75; H = 61–64; D max = 55–61.................................................................... 10
9. S 1 = 14–15 (not reaching base of subterminala); f 1 distal to S 1 ....................................... A. rickenbachi
- S 1 = 21 (overpass base of subterminala); f 1 at level of S 1............................................... A. vanbreei
10. Eight setae in 2 nd posthumeral row (fD = 2H-6-8-…); NDV = 78–84; posterior scutal margin arquate (pentagonal scutum); PW/SD = 1.48–1.50; TaIIIL = 74–78................................................. A. claviglia + A. kenyaensis
- Six setae in 2 nd posthumeral row (fD = 2H-6-6-…); NDV = 68–76; posterior scutal margin straight or slightly concave in center and obliquely cut at edges (hexagonal scutum); PW/SD = 1.23–1.35; TaIIIL = 83–89............................... 11
11. Lateral palpal tibial seta with branch (fPp = B/B/NbB); f 1 distal to S 1 ................................... A. gabonica
- Lateral palpal tibial seta nude (fPp = B/B/NNB); f
1 at level of S
1
....................... A. zairiensis + A. centrafricana
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2023, A revision of the chigger genus Afrotrombicula (Acariformes: Trombiculidae), pp. 27-55 in Zootaxa 5323 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8203863