Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) Author Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2018 2018-01-16 395 1 233 journal article 22091 10.5852/ejt.2018.395 10dbb315-5662-4069-a1ae-9692fdf99499 3829724 A244F97F-8CEB-40CE-A182-7E5440337CAA Schoengastia radfordi Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1954 Schoengastia radfordi Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1954a: 198 , fig. Schoengastia radfordi – Abonnenc & Taufflieb 1957a: 564 , figs 5–6. Schoengastia radfordi radfordi – Vercammen-Grandjean 1958b: 634 , pls 1, 8. — Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959: 239 . Schoengastia (Schoengastia) radfordi – Zumpt 1961: 158 . — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 82 . Holotype RMCA 76221 . Material revised Holotype and 14 paratypes from RMCA , including five nymphs. Distribution Rwanda (Butare, Musha), DR Congo (Beni, Bukavu, Matadi, Mushweshwe), Chad (Léré), Cameroon (Yaoundé). Hosts Aethomys bocagei ( Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959 ) , A. chrysophilus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Arvicanthis abyssinicus (original data), A. niloticus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Cricetomys emini ( Vercammen-Grandjean 1958b ) , C. gambianus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Crocidura sp., Dasymys incomtus , Lophuromys aquilus (Vercammen- Grandjean 1958b), L. flavopunctatus ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Mastomys coucha ( Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959 ) , M. natalensis ( Zumpt 1961 ) , Numida meleagris , Oenomys hypoxanthus , Otomys irroratus , Pelomys fallax , Pternistis bicalcaratus .