Miyatrombicula ilesi (Radford, 1948)

Pentagonella ilesi Radford, 1948: 214, figs 3–4.

Trombicula (Trombicula) ilesi – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 66.

Trombicula ilesi – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 131. — Zumpt 1961: 137.

Miyatrombicula (Miyacarus) ilesi – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 24.

Holotype

BMNH 1948.2.3.33.

Material revised

Holotype.

Distribution

This species was collected from a snake kept in Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Manchester, UK. According to the original data, it was a western green mamba distributed in Western Africa. However, Zumpt (1961) defined the host as an eastern green mamba with an East African areal. Moreover, there is no evidence that the latter host was infested by chiggers in Africa; thus, an African origin of Miyatrombicula ilesi is not confirmed.

Host

Dendroaspis angusticeps (Zumpt 1961), D. viridis (original data).