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Walchia (Walchia) morrowae

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

Gahrliepia (Walchia) morrowae Traub and Evans, 1957: 308, figs. 25–33; Audy 1957: 280; Goff 1989: 119. Walchia (Walchia) morrowae: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 111.

Type deposition. USNM.

Type data. Ex Leopoldamys sabanus (syn. Rattus sabanus), Malaysia, Borneo Is., Kinabalu Mt., Tenompok.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Leopoldamys sabanus, Maxomys alticola.

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

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Biodiversity

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