Grandjeana Koçak & Kemal, 2009 Diagnosis SIF = 5B-B(N)-3-3111.0(1)000; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = 1.1.1; Ip = 795–1164; NDV = 64–123. Cheliceral blade with tricuspid cap; galeal setae branched or nude; palpal claw 3-pronged; palpal tarsus with 5 branched setae, setae on palpal femur and genu usually branched. Scutum trapezoidal, with 1 AM, 2 AL and usually 2 PL setae; PL setae sometimes extrascutal (peniscutum); sensilla flagelliform, branched. Eyes large, 2 + 2 or 1 + 1. Legs 7-segmented, pretarsala I paired, subterminala and parasubterminala absent, tarsalae I and II long and slender, 3 genualae I, pretarsala II sometimes absent, genuala and tibiala III sometimes long, resembling mastisetae, mastitarsala III nude, with few cilia, or absent. Parasites of bats.

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on page 135, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724