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Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) cordiformis Vercammen-Grandjean 1958

Description

Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) cordiformis Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958

Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) cordiformis Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958a: 48, figs 20–21.

Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) cordiformis – Zumpt 1961: 169. — Taufflieb 1965a: 29. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 101. — Taufflieb et al. 1967: 119.

Holotype

RMCA 82488.

Material revised

Holotype and 45 paratypes from RMCA. One paratype from BMNH, labeled as “ Euschoengastia cordiformis ”.

Distribution

DR Congo (Bukavu, Lwiro, Mbandaka), Angola (Dundo, Nhefo), Central African Republic (Bangui).

Hosts

Chiroptera gen. sp., Crocidura sp., Epomophorus wahlbergi, Grammomys dolichurus, Lemniscomys striatus, Mastomys coucha (original data), M. natalensis (Zumpt 1961), Praomys jacksoni, Rattus rattus.

Remarks

The deutonymph was described (Vercammen-Grandjean 1958a).

Notes

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on page 101, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMCA , RMCA, BMNH
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Schoutedenichia
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
RMCA 82488
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vercammen-Grandjean
Species
cordiformis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) cordiformis Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958 sec. Stekolnikov, 2018

References

  • Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1958 a. Revision du genre Schoutedenichia Jad. et Verc. Annales du Musee royal du Congo belge, serie in- 8 65: 1 - 103.
  • Zumpt F. (ed.) 1961. The arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Vol. 1: Chelicerata. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research 11 (50): 1 - 457.
  • Taufflieb R. 1965 a. Contribution a l'etude des Trombiculidae (Acarina) d'Angola. Publicacoes culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 4095: 21 - 36.
  • Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1965 c. Trombiculinae of the World. Synopsis with Generic, Subgeneric, and Group Diagnoses (Acarina, Trombiculidae). George Williams Hooper Foundation, San Francisco.
  • Taufflieb R., Chippaux A. & Rickenbach A. 1967. Contribution a l'etude des ectoparasites de Vertebres en Republique Centrafricaine. Cahiers ORSTOM, serie Entomologie medicale et Parasitologie 5 (2): 115 - 125.