Microtrombicula minutissima (Oudemans, 1910)

Microthrombidium minutissimum Oudemans, 1910: 104

Microthrombidium minutissimum – Oudemans 1912: 42, fig. M.

Trombicula minutissimum – Radford 1942: 60, fig. 18. — Fuller 1952: 86.

Trombicula (Eutrombicula) minutissima – Thor & Willmann 1947: 280, fig. 337. — Wharton & Fuller 1952: 49.

Trombicula (Microtrombicula) minutissima – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 130. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 86, pl. KK.

Trombicula minutissima – Zumpt 1961: 135.

Microtrombicula minutissimum – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 44.

Holotype

Private collection of Trägårdh, Stockholm (Oudemans 1912), lost (Fuller 1952), RMNH (Wharton & Fuller 1952; Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a).

Distribution

South Africa (Durban).

Hosts

Hipposideros caffer, Nycteris thebaica capensis .