Revision of South African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) originated from the collection of R. F. Lawrence, with redescriptions of nine species Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, Saint Petersburg 199034, Russia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-08 5493 1 1 35 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 301455 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.1.1 bca47c00-1ec0-45a7-a9e0-e62949925f25 1175-5326 13269183 5F877253-B72C-4401-9933-072A9C93B65B

TABLE 3. Morphometric (AW–S 2, µm) and meristic (DS–NDV) traits of Herpetacarus longispinus, Ascoschoengastia rhabdomyia, and H. aethomys.

	H. longispinus			A. rhabdomyia			H. aethomys
Note. *—after Vercammen-Grandjean (1966).
	Holotype	Holotype*	Spec. ZIN 14503	Range	Mean	N	Holotype*
AW	69	72	72	58–65	61	7	76
PW	81	83	88	74–77	75	7	88
SB	34	33	37	32–36	34	8	40
ASB	28	25	32	23–24	24	6	31
PSB	17	20	-	16–20	17	6	25
SD	45	45	-	41–43	41	6	56
P-PL	-	-	-	11–14	12	6	-
AP	28	28	31	27–29	28	7	31
AM	37	40	34	31–34	32	5	34
AL	83	82	80	66–76	69	6	85
PL	95	100	92	67–79	72	7	89
S(length)	31	33	-	27–34	31	2	35
S(width)	19	19	-	14–16	15	2	19
H	66	70	65	51–59	56	6	55
D min	46	38	45	36–41	39	6	36
D max	58	64	56	45–50	47	6	48
V min	-	28	29	24–30	27	6	20
V max	-	38	50	38–45	40	6	28
pa	287	280	317	254–270	264	7	280
pm	247	236	268	220–232	225	7	246
pp	287	269	319	252–268	263	7	272
Ip	820	785	904	731–767	752	7	798
TaIIIL	81	-	83	68–74	72	7	-
TaIIIW	18	-	23	15–18	16	7	-
S1	-	-	20	18–18	18	1	-
S2	-	-	17	14–14	14	1	-
DS	34	36	34	30–34	31	5	28
V	21	20	23	21–24	23	5	22
NDV	55	56	57	53–55	54	5	50