Trombidium southcotti is a species of mite in the genus Trombidium in the family Trombidiidae. It is found in Iran.

Trombidium southcotti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombidiidae
Genus: Trombidium
Species:
T. southcotti
Binomial name
Trombidium southcotti
Zhang & Saboori, 1996

Name

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The species is named in honor of doctor and scientist Ronald Vernon Southcott (1918–1998), who described another species in the same genus, T. breei.

References

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  • Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae

Further reading

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  • Zhang, Z.Q. & Saboori, A. (1996): Descriptions of the larva, deutonymph and adult of Trombidium southcotti sp. nov.(Acari: Trombidiidae) from Iran. Systematic & Applied Acarology 1: 157–165.