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Schoengastiella ligula Radford 1946

Description

Schoengastiella ligula Radford, 1946

Schoengastiella ligula Radford, 1946b: 256, figs. 17, 18; Gunther 1952: 46; Wharton & Fuller 1952: 94; Radford 1954: 271; Wen 1984b: 299; Li et al. 1997: 474, fig. 3-2-6; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 456, fig. 152; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 334.

Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) ligula: Womersley 1952: 296, pl. 77 (B–F) (larva), 399, pl. 108 (F–J) (nymph); Traub & Evans, 1954: 100, figs. 61–68; Audy 1957: 277; Womersley & Audy 1957: 286; Lakshana 1973: 26.

Schoengastiella (Schoengastiella) ligula: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 114.

Type deposition. BMNH 1948.2.3.19.

Type data. Ex Rattus rattus (syn. Rattus rattus rufescens), India, Manipur State, Imphal.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Alticola roylei, Apodemus flavicollis, Bandicota indica, B. bengalensis, Berylmys manipulus, Callosciurus sp., Cremnomys cutchicus, Diomys crumpi, Funambulus pennantii, F. tristriatus, Golunda ellioti, Hadromys humei, Leopoldamys sabanus, Madromys blanfordi, Maxomys surifer, Millardia kondana, M. meltada, Mus booduga booduga, M. cervicolor, M. musculus, M. musculus bactrianus, M. musculus domesticus, M. platythrix, M. saxicola, Neodon sikimensis, Nesokia indica, Niviventer niviventer, Rattus andamanensis, R. exulans, R. nitidus, R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, Sundamys muelleri, Tatera indica; SORICOMORPHA: Anourosorex squamipes, Crocidura sp., Suncus murinus, S. stoliczkanus; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia belangeri chinensis, T. glis; LAGOMORPHA: Ochotona roylei; ARTIODACTYLA: Capra sp.; CARNIVORA: Herpestes sp.; AVES: Zoothera sp.

Distribution. Burma, China, India, 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 61, 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
Schoengastiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
BMNH 1948.2
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Radford
Species
ligula
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Schoengastiella ligula Radford, 1946 sec. Stekolnikov, 2021

References

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  • Gunther, C. E. M. (1952) A check list of the trombiculid larvae of Asia and Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 77, 1 - 60.
  • Wharton, G. W. & Fuller, H. S. (1952) A manual of the chiggers. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4, 1 - 185.
  • Radford, C. D. (1954) The larval genera and species of " harvest mites " (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Parasitology, 44, 247 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000018898
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  • Chaisiri, K., Stekolnikov, A. A., Makepeace, B. L. & Morand, S. (2016) A revised checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Thailand, with the description of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 53, 321 - 342. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jme / tjv 244
  • Womersley, H. (1952) The scrub-typhus and scrub-itch mites (Trombiculidae, Acarina) of the Asiatic-Pacific region. Records of the South Australian Museum, 10, 1 - 435.
  • Traub, R. & Evans, T. M. (1954) Malaysian Parasites-VI. Indo-Malaysian chiggers of the subgenus Schoengastiella (Acarina Trombiculidae). Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 26, 89 - 107.
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