A new species of Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected from black plates in Thailand.
A new species, Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) dendrium, is described and illustrated. Specimens were collected from black plates exposed on the ground surface in a secondary forest at Nakhonratchasima and Surin Provinces in northeastern Thailand.
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Department of Entomology, United States Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, APO San Francisco 96346-5000.
D000818:Animals; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013785:Thailand; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*