Leptotrombidium fletcheri (Womersley and Heaslip, 1943)

Trombicula fletcheri Womersley and Heaslip, 1943: 86, fig. 4, pl. III (8); Radford 1954: 250.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri fletcheri: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 301, pls. 38, 39. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri: Brown 1992: 290.

Leptotrombidium fletcheri: Stekolnikov 2013: 93.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri francolini Wen and Xiang, 1984a: 213, fig. III-24; Wen 1984b: 306.

Type deposition. IMR (lectotype).

Type data. L. fletcheri: ex Rattus rattus, Malaysia, Selangor State, Sungei Buloh; L. fletcheri francolini: ex Francolinus pintadeanus, China, Yunnan Province.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Apomys insignis, Bullimus bagobus, Melomys sp., Rattus argentiventer, R. everetti, R. exulans, R. mordax, R. praetor, R. rattus, R. sordidus, R. tanezumi, R. tiomanicus, Sundasciurus mindanensis, Uromys caudimaculatus; CHIROPTERA: Haplonycteris sp.; SCANDENTIA: Urogale everetti; PERAMELEMORPHIA: Echymipera kalubu cockerelli; DIPROTODONTIA: Dactylopsila trivirgata; AVES: Francolinus pintadeanus, Rallus torguatus sanfordi.

Distribution. China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines.