Trombicula

Belongs within: Trombiculidae.

Trombicula is a genus of chigger mites in which larvae bear flagelliform sensillae and five scutal setae (Gould 1956).

Characters (from Gould 1956): Larva with sensillae flagelliform, nude or branched; scutal setae 5; cheliceral blade unmodified, lacking teeth other than the tricuspid cap; coxae usually with single seta each, occasionally more on coxa III; empodia claw-like; caudal plate absent.

<==Trombicula Berlese 1905 [incl. Cotrombicula Vercammen-Grandjean 1960, Womersleyna Vercammen-Grandjean 1960]H98
    |--*T. minor Berlese 1905G56
    |--T. agamae André 1929L35
    |--T. alfreddugesiG56
    |--T. aplodontiae Brennan 1946G56
    |--T. autumnalisS61
    |--T. carmenaeK06
    |--T. chiroptera Womersley & Heaslip 1943H98
    |--T. cynos Ewing 1937G56
    |--T. dasyphloea Domrow 1959H98
    |--T. dewae Domrow 1964H98
    |--T. elegans Womersley 1942H98
    |--T. geckobia (Womersley 1952) [=Tragardhula geckobia, Womersleyna geckobia]H98
    |--T. giroudiL55
    |--T. goldiiG56
    |--T. imperfecta Brennan & Jones 1954G56
    |--T. jessiemae Gould 1956G56
    |--T. lukoschusi (Goff 1983) [=Cotrombicula lukoschusi]H98
    |--T. mitchellensis (Goff 1983) [=Cotrombicula mitchellensis]H98
    |--T. montanensis Brennan 1946G56
    |--T. naultini Dumbleton 1947SL71
    |--T. quadriensis Womersley & Heaslip 1943 [=T. quadriense, T. quandriensis (l. c.)]H98
    |--T. rugosa (Goff 1979) [=Cotrombicula rugosa]H98
    |--T. scottae Brennan 1952G56
    |--T. signata Womersley 1934H98
    |--T. sola Gould 1956G56
    |--T. southcotti Womersley 1952H98
    |--T. splendensG56
    |--T. thomsoni Womersley 1954H98
    |--T. trisetica Loomis & Crossley 1953G56
    |--T. victoriensis Audy & Womersley 1957H98
    `--T. willmanniKK54

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[G56] Gould, D. J. 1956. The larval trombiculid mites of California (Acarina: Trombiculidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 11 (1): 1–116.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[KK54] Klemmer, K., & H. E. Krampitz. 1954. Zur Kenntnis der Säugetierfauna Siziliens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (3–4): 121–135.

[K06] Kwiecinski, G. G. 2006. Phyllostomus discolor. Mammalian Species 801: 1–11.

[L55] Lavoipierre, M. M. J. 1955. On two new species and new records of Acarina mainly from the Ethiopian region. Parasitology 45 (1–2): 121–127.

[L35] Lawrence, R. F. 1935. The prostigmatic mites of South African lizards. Parasitology 27 (1): 1–45.

[S61] Southcott, R. V. 1961. Studies on the systematics and biology of the Erythraeoidea (Acarina), with a critical revision of the genera and subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 367–610.

[SL71] Spain, A. V., & M. Luxton. 1971. Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific Insects Monograph 25: 179–226.