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 Hypotrombidium legaci ( André, 1950 ) comb. nov. Thrombicula legaci André, 1950b: 578 , figs 1–5. Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthis Taufflieb, 1960b: 225 , pl. 1. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) levicluni Vercammen-Grandjean, 1965c: 53 (nom. nud.). Thrombicula legaci – André 1951a: 221 ; 1951c: 374 ; 1953: 67 . — Le Gac 1951: 545 ; 1952a: 747 ; 1953: 46 ; 1954: 414 .— Giroud et al. 1952: 450 . Trombicula (Leptotrombidium ? ) legaci – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 53 . Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthe – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 52 . Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) legaci – Zumpt 1961: 141 . — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 53 . — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 118 . Leptotrombidium (Hypotrombidium) legaci – Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 703 , pl. 203. — Whitaker et al. 1983: 31 . Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) arvicanthis – Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 703 . Holotype Trombicula legaci : USNM ( Wharton & Fuller 1952 ), MNHN ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976 ); Trombicula arvicanthis : MNHN ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976 ). Material revised 404 specimens from RMCA labeled as “ Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) levicluni ”. Distribution Central African Republic ( Bangui , Batangafo, Boali, Bossangoa, Bouar, Damara, Dekoa, M’Baiki, Méré, Mobaye, Mongoumba, Possel, Sibut, Yaka), DR Congo (Doruma), Congo (Kellé), Cameroon (?), Ghana (Accra), Nigeria ( Afon , Felele, Igbo-Ora, Panyam Fish Farm, University of Lagos , Ibadan), Ivory Coast (Minankro). Hosts Aethomys medicatus , Arvicanthis niloticus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , A. rufinus ( Le Gac 1952a ; Taufflieb 1960b ), Crocidura flavescens , Dasymys incomtus , Elephantulus fuscipes , Felis catus ( type host), Funisciurus pyrrhopus , Gallus gallus (original data), G. gallus bankiva ( Wharton & Fuller 1952 ) , Gerbillus gerbillus , Graphiurus murinus , Heliosciurus gambianus , Lemniscomys barbarus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , L. striatus (original data), Lophuromys sikapusi , Mastomys coucha ( Le Gac 1952a ) , M. natalensis ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Mus musculoides , Mylomys dybowskii , Oenomys hypoxanthus , Praomys daltoni , Rattus rattus , Taterillus emini .