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 * Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris (Walch, 1922) Material examined. Vietnam : Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, Hòa Tân)— Rattus type IV, Bandicota indica ( October 2011 b 3 larvae ), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, near Bình Chau—PhƯớc Bửu Nature Reserve)— Rattus norvegicus ( November 2014 , 1 larva ). Distribution. Africa, Azerbaijan , Burma , Ceylon , China , Guam , India , Indonesia , Kazakhstan , Malaysia , Maldives , Philippines , Thailand ( Kudryashova 1998 ; Chaisiri et al. 2016 ), Vietnam : Đắk Lắk (Buôn Ma Thuột), Cà Mau — Bandicota indica , Rattus losea ( = R. losea exigus ), Rattus andamanensis ( = R. koratensis ) ( Chau et al. 2007 ; Stekolnikov 2021 ), Europe.