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Walchia (Walchia) lewthwaitei Gater 1932

Description

Walchia (Walchia) lewthwaitei Gater, 1932

Walchia lewthwaitei Gater, 1932: 170, figs. 15, 16; Womersley & Heaslip 1943: 135, pl. XII (3); Thor & Willmann 1947: 336, fig. 402; Gunther 1952: 45; Wharton & Fuller 1952: 92; Radford 1954: 270.

Gahrliepia (Walchia) lewthwaitei: Womersley 1952: 289, pl. 76 (J–L) (larva), 397, pl. 107 (E–H) (nymph); Audy 1957: 279; Womersley & Audy 1957: 287; Traub & Evans 1957: 343, figs. 146–154; Lakshana 1973: 25; Mohd Zain et al. 2015: tab. 1.

Walchia (Walchia) lewthwaitei: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 112.

Type deposition. BMNH 1932.7.18.33.

Type data. Ex Rattus tanezumi (syn. Rattus rattus diardi), Malaysia, Selangor State, Kuala Lumpur.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Hylopetes spadiceus spadiceus, Leopoldamys sabanus, Maxomys rajah, M. surifer, M. whiteheadi, Rattus argentiventer, R. exulans, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, R. tiomanicus, Sundamys muelleri.

Distribution. Malaysia, Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, pp. 1-163 in Zootaxa 4913 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4448915

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Walchia
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1932.7
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gater
Species
lewthwaitei
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Walchia (Walchia) lewthwaitei Gater, 1932 sec. Stekolnikov, 2021

References

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