African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species
Author
Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, St. Petersburg
text
Acarologia
2018
2018-02-13
58
2
265
286
http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184240
journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20184240
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Schoutedenichia schoutedeni
Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953
Type material examined — larva
holotype
(
RMCA
76183), No. 71052/2, from
Arvicanthis abyssinicus
(Rüppell)
(
Rodentia
:
Muridae
),
RWANDA
, Butare (= Astrida),
2°36′S
,
29°45′E
,
7 Oct. 1952
, collected by P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean; larva
paratype
#24 (
RMCA
76188), No. 31052/52, from
Dasymys incomtus
(Sundevall)
(
Rodentia
:
Muridae
)
Dasymys
(=
bentleyae
),
RWANDA
, Butare,
3 Oct. 1952
, collected by P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean.
Additional material examined —
2 larvae
(
IRSNB
) from nasal cavity of
Rattus rattus
(L.) (
Rodentia
:
Muridae
),
RWANDA
, Butare,
Mar. 1955
, collected by A. Fain.
Remarks — This species was found on many hosts in
Rwanda
and
Congo
(
Stekolnikov 2018
). Here it is recorded on
R. rattus
for the first time.