Blankaartia (Blankaartia) ardeae (Trägårdh, 1905)

Trombidium ardeae Trägårdh, 1905: 83, figs 28–29, 32.

Microthrombidium ardeae – Oudemans 1910a: 86; 1912: 40, fig. L.

Trombicula ardeae – Radford 1942: 60, fig. 15. — Fuller 1952: 78.

Pentagonella ardeae – Thor & Willmann 1947: 294, fig. 350.

Trombicula (Blankaartia) ardeae – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 42.

Blankaartia ardeae – Vercammen-Grandjean 1973: 118.

Blankaartia (Blankaartia) ardeae – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 22.

Holotype

Private collection of Trägårdh, Stockholm (Oudemans 1912).

Material revised

One specimen from BMNH (1973.540) collected 27 March 1966 from Ardeola ralloides in Usenge , Kenya, identified by Vercammen-Grandjean.

Distribution

Sudan (White Nile), Kenya (Usenge).

Hosts

Ardea cinerea, Ardeola ralloides .