Published September 19, 2023 | Version v1
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Walchia (Walchia) lupella

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
  • 2. Laboratory of Tropical Ecology, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia alexbalakirev @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5183 - 2216 & Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Test Center, Hanoi, Vietnam

Description

* Walchia (Walchia) lupella (Traub and Evans, 1957)

Material examined. Vietnam: Tây Ninh (Tân Biên, Tân Bình)— Bandicota savilei, Berylmys berdmorei, Bandicota indica, Rattus type IV, Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 247 larvae), Tây Ninh (Tân Biên, Tân Lập, near Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park, 82 larvae)— Bandicota savilei, Berylmys berdmorei (October 2011), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, Hòa Tân)— Bandicota indica, Leopoldamys herberti (= L. revertens), Berylmys berdmorei (October 2011, 61 larvae), Khánh Hòa (Ninh Hòa, Ninh Sim)— Rattus type IV, Rattus exulans (October 2011, 11 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, near Bình Chau—PhƯớc Bửu Nature Reserve)— Leopoldamys herberti (= L. revertens), Berylmys berdmorei, Niviventer mekongis (November 2014, 63 larvae), Lâm Đồng (near Bi Doup-Núi Bà National Park)— Rattus andamanensis, Rattus osgoodi (Musser and Newcomb) (November 2015, 48 larvae), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy)— Menetes berdmorei (AB, February-March 2016, 3 larvae), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy, Lâm Thǔy, Tân Lý)— Rattus nitidus, Bandicota indica (March 2017, 63 larvae), Gia Lai (K’Bang, Buon Luoi)— Leopoldamys herberti (= L. revertens) (ZMMU, January 1988, 1 larva), Lâm Đồng (Đà Lạt, Lang Bian)— Mus pahari Thomas (ZMMU, January 1998, 6 larvae), Lâm Đồng (Bi Doup-Nui Ba, 5 km from K’Long Lanh)— Niviventer bukit (ZMMU, May 2009, 2 larvae).

Distribution. China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand (Stekolnikov 2021), Vietnam: Quảng Trị (Thoukhe Tri peak (?), March 1968)— Rattus rattus (Hadi and Carney 1977); Cao Bằng (ChỢ Rã, Ba Bể), Hà Tĩnh (HƯƠng Khê), Bình Định (Tây SƠn), Đà Nẵng (SƠn Trà), Quảng Nam (Đại Lộc), Phù Yên (Xuân SƠn), Bình Thuận (Hàm Thuận), Gia Lai (Kon Plong), Khánh Hòa (Cam Ranh)— Rattus andamanensis (= R. koratensis), Rattus norvegicus, Rattus exulans, Rattus losea, Niviventer niviventer (= R. niviventer), Rattus pyctoris (Hodgson) (= R. rattoides), Menetes berdmorei, Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis), Gallus gallus dom. (Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021).

Notes

Published as part of Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E. & Lopatina, Y. V., 2023, New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam, pp. 271-306 in Zootaxa 5346 (3) on pages 279-280, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8390149

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References

  • Traub, R. & Evans, T. M. (1957) Records and descriptions of chiggers of the subgenus Walchia Ewing, 1931, from Southeast Asia (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Malaysian Parasites, 28, 297 - 358.
  • Stekolnikov, A. A. (2021) A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4913 (1), 1 - 163. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4913.1.1
  • Hadi, T. R. & Carney, W. P. (1977) Two new trombiculid mites from mammals of South Vietnam, with locality records for six additional species (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 14 (4), 455 - 460. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 14.4.455
  • 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. [in Vietnamese]