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Published January 19, 2021 | Version v1
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Leptotrombidium pilaltum

Description

Leptotrombidium pilaltum (Traub and Audy, 1954)

Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) pilalta Traub and Audy, 1954a: 50, figs. 54–61; Audy 1957: 231; Goff 1989: 123. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) pilaltum: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 313, pl. 46. Leptotrombidium pilaltum: Stekolnikov 2013: 116.

Type deposition. USNM.

Type data. Ex Rattus baluensis (syn. Rattus rattus baluensis), Malaysia, Borneo Is., Kinabalu Mt., Kamborangah.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Rattus baluensis, Sundamys muelleri; SCANDENTIA: Dendrogale sp., Tupaia montana.

Distribution. Malaysia.

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 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4448915

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Leptotrombidium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Traub and Audy
Species
pilaltum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leptotrombidium pilaltum (and, 1954) sec. Stekolnikov, 2021

References

  • Audy, J. R. (1954) Malaysian Parasites-IX. Notes on the taxonomy of trombiculid mites, with description of a new subgenus. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 26, 123 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 119064
  • Traub, R. & Audy, J. R. (1954 a) Malaysian Parasites-IV. Species of Trombicula (Acarina, Trombiculidae) from Borneo. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 26, 45 - 76.
  • Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. & Langston, R. L. (1976) The chigger mites of the World (Acarina: Trombiculidae et Leeuwenhoekiidae). III. Leptotrombidium complex. George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, California, 1061 pp.
  • Stekolnikov, A. A. (2013) Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the World. Zootaxa, 3728 (1), 1 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3728.1.1