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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombidiidae |
| Genus: | Trombidium |
| Species: | T. southcotti
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| Binomial name | |
| Trombidium southcotti Zhang & Saboori, 1996
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Name edit
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 edit
- Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae
Further reading edit
- 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.
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