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Helenicula kohlsi

Description

Helenicula kohlsi (Philip and Woodward, 1946)

Neoschoengastia kohlsi Philip and Woodward, 1946b: 159, pl. I (B, D); Gunther 1952: 33; Radford 1954: 263; Goff 1989: 114.

Ascoschoengastia kohlsi: Philip & Woodward 1946a: 509.

Schoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) kohlsi: Womersley 1952: 176, pl. 42 (C–F).

Euschoengastia kohlsi: Wharton & Fuller 1952: 78; Radford 1954: 265, fig. 95.

Euschoengastia (Helenicula) kohlsi: Audy 1954: 153.

Globularoschoengastia kohlsi: Chen & Hsu 1955: 124, figs. 51–56; Hsu & Chen 1957: 250; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 408.

Helenicula kohlsi: Audy 1957: 265; Womersley & Audy 1957: 281; Schluger et al. 1960a: 171, fig. 2; Nadchatram & Traub 1971: 573, figs. 32–39; Lakshana 1973: 18; Wen 1984b: 319; Domrow & Lester 1985: 59, figs. 127–130; Li et al. 1997: 320, fig. 2-22-8; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 356, fig. 117; Chau et al. 2007: 133, fig. 62; Chung et al. 2015a: 1249; 2015b: 35, fig. 9; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 329.

Helenicula (Helenicula) kohlsi: Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 112; 1968b: 101.

Helenicula hongkongensis Womersley, 1957a: 105, fig. 1 (A–H); Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 135.

Globularoschoengastia hongkongensis: Chen & Hsu 1958a: 408.

Type deposition. H. kohlsi: USNM; H. hongkongensis: SAM.

Type data. H. kohlsi: ex Rattus tanezumi (syn. Rattus mindanensis mindanensis), Philippines, Mindoro Is., San Jose; H. hongkongensis: ex Rattus rattus, China, Hong Kong, The Peak, 563 Middle Gap Road.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Apodemus chevrieri, Bandicota bengalensis, B. indica, Berylmys berdmorei, B. manipulus, Callosciurus erythraeus, Cremnomys cutchicus, Diomys crumpi, Funambulus pennantii, Hadromys humei, Leopoldamys edwardsi, Madromys blanfordi, Melomys cervinipes, Menetes berdmorei, Mus booduga booduga, M. musculus, M. musculus domesticus, M. platythrix, Nesokia sp., Niviventer cremoriventer, Rattus andamanensis, R. exulans, R. leucopus, R. nitidus, R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi; SORICOMORPHA: Anourosorex squamipes, Suncus murinus, S. stoliczkanus; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia glis; CARNIVORA: Prionailurus bengalensis, Viverricula indica; ARTIODACTYLA: Muntiacus muntjak; DIPROTODONTIA: Macropus agilis; PRIMATES: Homo sapiens, Macaca mulatta; SQUAMATA: Hemidactylus frenatus; AVES: Gallus gallus, Geokichla citrina, Turnix tanki.

Distribution. Australia, Burma, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

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 pages 84-85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4448915

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Biodiversity

Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Helenicula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Philip and Woodward
Species
kohlsi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Helenicula kohlsi (and, 1946) sec. Stekolnikov, 2021

References

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