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 * Doloisia ( Traubacarus ) brachypus (Audy and Nadchatram, 1957) Material examined. Vietnam : Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc district, Near Bình Chau—PhƯớc Bửu)— Maxomys surifer ( November 2014 , 16 larvae ), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy, Lâm Thǔy, Tân Lý)— Bandicota indica , Niviventer mekongis , Rattus nitidus , Berylmys bowersi , Leopoldamys herberti ( March 2017 , 12 larvae ). Distribution. China , Malaysia , Thailand ( Stekolnikov 2021 ), Vietnam : Thái Nguyên , Quảng Ninh (Hà Lẫm, Hạ Long = Hon Gai)— Leopoldamys cf. edwardsi (= Rattus grochovskii ) ( Schluger et al. 1961 ), Leopoldamys edwardsi ( = R. sabanus heptneri ), Thái Nguyên Rattus tanezumi ( = R. flavipectus ) ( Grochovskaja 1967 ); Bình Định (Bình TƯờng, Tây SƠn), Kon Tum ( 30 km from Tây Nam) ( Chau et al. 2007 ; Stekolnikov 2021 ). Hosts with no locality indicated: Berylmys bowersi ( = R. bowersi ), Niviventer niviventer ( = R. niviventer ), Niviventer fulvescens ( = R. fulvescens ), Rattus andamanensis ( = R. koratensis ), Leopoldamys edwardsi ( = R. edwardsi ) ( Chau et al. 2007 ).