Open AccessTHE GENUS VERCAMMENIA AUDY AND NADCHATRAM (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)
Author(s) -
Domrow R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1969.tb00752.x
Subject(s) - trombiculidae , biology , hyla , leptodactylidae , acari , hylidae , zoology , arthropod mouthparts , argasidae , genus , larva , anatomy , ecology , ixodidae
The trombiculine larvae possessing hamate chelicerae, elongate tarsalae I, and filamentous sensillae, and living as endodermal parasites of frogs, are assigned to an expanded Vercammenia . They are V. hendricksoni Audy and Nadchatram from Rana and Megophrys (Ranidae and Pelobatidae, Malaya); V. gloriosa sp.n. from Taudactylus (Leptodactylidae, Queensland); and V. yorkei (Sambon) comb. n. from Hyla (Hylidae, Brazil).