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Walchia (Walchia) kritochaeta

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Walchia (Walchia) kritochaeta (Traub and Evans, 1957)

Gahrliepia (Walchia) kritochaeta Traub and Evans, 1957: 313, figs. 53–62; Audy 1957: 279; Lakshana 1973: 25; Goff 1989: 114; Chau et al. 2007: 176, fig. 87.

Walchia (Walchia) kritochaeta: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 111; Wen 1984b: 297; Li et al. 1997: 455, fig. 3-1- 15; Chung et al. 2015a: 1248; 2015b: 148, fig. 37.

Walchia kritochaeta: Chaisiri et al. 2016: 335; Antonovskaia et al. 2017: 39.

Type deposition. USNM.

Type data. Ex Rattus tanezumi (syn. Rattus rattus thai), Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Pak Chong District.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Bandicota bengalensis, B. indica, B. savilei, Berylmys berdmorei, B. bowersi, Leopoldamys edwardsi, L. sabanus, Maxomys surifer, Menetes berdmorei, Mus cervicolor, M. musculus, Niviventer coninga, N. cremoriventer, N. fulvescens, N. niviventer, Rattus andamanensis, R. exulans, R. losea, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, Tamiops rodolphii; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia glis; AVES: Pterorhinus perspicillatus.

Distribution. China, 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 page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4448915

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Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Trombiculidae
Genus
Walchia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Traub and Evans
Species
kritochaeta
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Walchia (Walchia) kritochaeta (and, 1957) sec. Stekolnikov, 2021

References

  • Traub, R. & Evans, T. M. (1957) Records and descriptions of chiggers of the subgenus Walchia Ewing, 1931, from Southeast Asia (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 28, 297 - 358.
  • Lakshana, P. (1973) A checklist of the trombiculid mites of Thailand (Prostigmata: Trombiculidae). US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, 45 pp.
  • Chau, N. V., Hien, D. S. & Van, N. T. (2007) Fauna of Vietnam. 16. Trombiculidae-Acarina, Siphonaptera. Science and Technics Publishing House, Ha Noi, 209 pp.
  • Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. (1968 b) The chigger mites of the Far East (Acarina: Trombiculidae & Leeuwenhoekiidae). U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Washington, D. C., 135 pp.
  • Li, J., Wang, D. & Chen, X. (1997) Trombiculid mites of China: Studies on vector and pathogen of tsutsugamushi disease. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou, 570 pp. [in Chinese]
  • Chung, L. H., Wu, W. J., Kuo, C. C. & Wang, H. C. (2015 a) A checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenh ˆ kiidae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 52, 1241 - 1253. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jme / tjv 139
  • Chung, L. H., Wu, W. J. & Wang, H. C. (2015 b) Chigger mite fauna of Taiwan (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, 177 pp.
  • 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
  • Antonovskaia, A. A., Lopatina, Y. V. & Nguen, V. H. (2017) The infestation of small mammals in south-eastern Vietnam with harvest mites (Acari: Trombiculidae). Meditsinskaya Parazitologiya i Parazitarnye Bolezni, 1, 36 - 43.