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
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2
265
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http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20184240
journal article
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10.24349/acarologia/20184240
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Gahrliepia lawrencei
Jadin et Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952
Type material examined — larva
holotype
(
RMCA
76131) from
Dasymys incomtus
(Sundevall)
(
Rodentia
:
Muridae
) (=
Dasymys bentleyae
),
RWANDA
, Butare (= Astrida),
2°36′S
,
29°45′E
,
28 Mar. 1952
, collected by J. Jadin and P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean.
Additional material examined —
2 larvae
(
IRSNB
) from
Desmodillus auricularis
(Smith)
(
Rodentia
:
Muridae
) No. 489.96, SW Africa (probably,
Namibia
), Kaokoveld, unknown locality,
28 Sep. 1911
, mites collected by A. Fain.
Remarks — This species was known only from its
holotype
. Here it is recorded outside the
type
locality and on
Desmodillus auricularis
for the first time.