Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. 576D9065-0E85-4C5C-B00F-B907E3005B95 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia. Alexandr.Stekolnikov@zin.ru text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-01-16 395 1 233 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2018.395 10dbb315-5662-4069-a1ae-9692fdf99499 2118-9773 3829724 A244F97F-8CEB-40CE-A182-7E5440337CAA Miyatrombicula ilesi ( Radford, 1948 ) Pentagonella ilesi Radford, 1948: 214 , figs 3–4. Trombicula (Trombicula) ilesi – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 66 . Trombicula ilesi – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 131 . — Zumpt 1961: 137 . Miyatrombicula (Miyacarus) ilesi – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 24 . Holotype BMNH 1948.2 .3.33. Material revised Holotype . Distribution This species was collected from a snake kept in Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Manchester , UK . According to the original data, it was a western green mamba distributed in Western Africa. However, Zumpt (1961) defined the host as an eastern green mamba with an East African areal. Moreover, there is no evidence that the latter host was infested by chiggers in Africa; thus, an African origin of Miyatrombicula ilesi is not confirmed. Host Dendroaspis angusticeps ( Zumpt 1961 ) , D. viridis (original data).