New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam Author Antonovskaia, A. A. Department of Entomology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Author Balakirev, A. E. 0000-0002-5183-2216 Laboratory of Tropical Ecology, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia alexbalakirev @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5183 - 2216 & Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Test Center, Hanoi, Vietnam alexbalakirev@mail.ru Author Lopatina, Y. V. Department of Entomology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia text Zootaxa 2023 2023-09-19 5346 3 271 306 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.3 1175-5326 8390149 99FA182B-5306-432E-B9B1-F755FD9317EE Walchia ( Ripiaspichia ) chinensis (Chen and Hsu, 1955) Distribution. China , Taiwan , Thailand ( Stekolnikov 2021 ), Vietnam : Hanoi Rattus norvegicus , Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ), Mus musculus Linnaeus, Nghệ An (Phủ Quỳ)— Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus , R. f. molliculus ), Niviventer lotipes ( = R. niviventer lotipes ), Lào Cai Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ), Hà Giang Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ), Quảng Ninh (Hà Lẫm)— Rattus norvegicus , Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ) ( Schluger et al. 1960b ) ( Grochovskaja 1967 ); Bình Định, Phú Yên (Đồng Xuân), Khánh Hòa (Đại Lãnh), Đắk Lắk (Buôn Ma Thuột), Lâm Đồng (Đạ Huoai, Bảo Lộc), Bình PhƯớc (Đồng Xoài)— Gecko gecko, Mabuia mutifasciatus, Gallus gallus dom ., Menetes berdmorei , Tamiops rodolphii , Bandicota indica , Bandicota savilei ( = B. bengalensis ), Leopoldamys edwardsi ( = R. edwardsi ), Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ), Niviventer fulvescens ( = R. fulvescens ), Rattus andamanensis ( = R. koratensis ) ( Chau et al. 2007 , Stekolnikov 2021 ). Hosts with no locality indicated: Mus musculus bactrianus Blyth , Mus musculus castaneus Waterhouse ( =M. m. urbanus ), Rattus norvegicus , Rattus tanezumi ( = R. r. tikos ), Rattus nitidus , Tupaia belangeri ( = Tupaia ferruginea ) ( Schluger et al. 1960b ; Grochovskaja 1967 ).