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Walchia (Walchia) alpestris
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Walchia (Walchia) alpestris (Traub and Evans, 1957)
Gahrliepia (Walchia) alpestris Traub and Evans, 1957: 322, figs. 93–101; Nadchatram 1972: 195; Lakshana 1973: 23; Goff 1989: 96; Mohd Zain et al. 2015: tab. 1.
Walchia (Walchia) alpestris: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 112.
Type deposition. USNM.
Type data. Ex Berylmys bowersi (syn. Rattus bowersi), Malaysia, Pahang State, Jeriau, nr. Fraser’s Hill.
Hosts. RODENTIA: Berylmys berdmorei, B. bowersi; SCANDENTIA: Ptilocercus lowii.
Distribution. Malaysia, 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 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4913.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4448915
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- USNM
- Scientific name authorship
- Traub and Evans
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Trombiculidae
- Genus
- Walchia
- Species
- alpestris
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Walchia (Walchia) alpestris (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.
- Nadchatram, M. (1972) The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 9. A collection of chiggers from Gunong Benom (Prostigmata; Trombiculidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 23, 189 - 198.
- Lakshana, P. (1973) A checklist of the trombiculid mites of Thailand (Prostigmata: Trombiculidae). US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, 45 pp.
- Mohd Zain, S. N., Syed Khalil Amdan, S. A., Braima, K. A., Abdul-Aziz, N. M., Wilson, J. J., Sithambaran, P. & Jeffery, J. (2015) Ectoparasites of murids in peninsular Malaysia and their associated diseases. Parasites & Vectors, 8, 254. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 015 - 0850 - 1
- 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.