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 Microtrombicula panieri ( Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952 ) Trombicula panieri Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952: 609 , pl. 3. Trombicula panieri – Zumpt 1961: 135 , fig. 82a. Trombicula (Microtrombicula) panieri – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 130 . Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) panieri – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 113 , pls AP, AB. Microtrombicula panieri – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 45 . Holotype RMCA 76010 . Material revised Holotype (not suitable for examination) and 29 paratypes from RMCA . Distribution Rwanda (Butare), DR Congo (Bukavu). Hosts Arvicanthis abyssinicus (original data), A. niloticus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Cricetomys emini (original data), C. gambianus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Crocidura sp. , Dasymys incomtus , Dendromus mystacalis , Grammomys sp. , Graphiurus murinus , Lemniscomys striatus , Lophuromys sp. , Mastomys coucha , Mus triton , Otomys tropicalis (original data), O. irroratus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Pelomys minor .