Trombicula scutellaris Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin, 1921: 575; Gunther 1952: 13.
Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) scutellaris: Womersley 1952: 58, pl. 6 (A–E); Wharton & Fuller 1952: 55; Sasa & Jameson 1954: 309, fig. 40; Womersley & Audy 1957: 257; Hsu & Chen 1957: 250, figs. 23–30; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 411.
Leptotrombidium scutellaris: Radford 1954: 260.
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare: Lakshana 1973: 9; Wen 1984b: 309; Li et al. 1997: 169, fig. 2-1-89; Chau et al. 2007: 58, fig. 27; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250; 2015b: 81, fig. 20.
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare scutellare: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 315, pl. 47.
Leptotrombidium scutellare: Stekolnikov 2013: 126; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 324.
Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) scutellaris var. basoglabrosis Chen, Hsu and Wang, 1956: 152, figs. 11–16; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 412.
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare basoglabrose: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 321, pl. 173.
Leptotrombidium basoglabrose: Stekolnikov 2013: 126.
Type deposition. T. scutellaris: Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Tokyo (lectotype); T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis: ZSM.
Type data. T. scutellaris: ex Microtus montebelli, Japan, Yamagata Prefecture, Yachi; T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis: ex Rattus losea (syn. Rattus losea exiguus), China, Fujian Province, Fuzhou.
Hosts. RODENTIA: Apodemus agrarius, A. argenteus, A. chevrieri, A. draco, A. speciosus, Bandicota indica, Berylmys berdmorei, B. bowersi, Callosciurus caniceps, C. erythraeus, C. finlaysoni, Dremomys rufigenis, Eothenomys chinensis, E. melanogaster, E. miletus, Leopoldamys edwardsi, L. sabanus, Maxomys alticola, M. rajah, M. surifer, Menetes berdmorei, Microtus montebelli, Mus musculus, Myodes rufocanus, M. smithii, Niviventer confucianus, N. fulvescens, N. niviventer, Rattus andamanensis, R. losea, R. nitidus, R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, Sciurus lis; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia belangeri chinensis, T. glis; SORICOMORPHA: Crocidura dsinezumi, Hylomys suillus pegunensis, Suncus murinus, Urotrichus talpoides; ERINACEOMORPHA: Hylomys suillus; LAGOMORPHA: Lepus brachyurus, Ochotona hyperborea; PRIMATES: Homo sapiens, Macaca mulatta; CARNIVORA: Arctogalidia trivirgata, Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus, Melogale personata, Mustela itatsi, M. sibirica, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus; ARTIODACTYLA: Capra hircus, Tragulus javanicus; AVES: Anthus hodgsoni, Bambusicola thoracicus, Chalcophaps indica, Cochoa purpurea, Francolinus pintadeanus, Myiomela leucura, Niltava sundara, Pellorneum ruficeps, P. tickelli, Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Stachyris nigriceps, Turdus celaenops, T. obscurus, Zoothera dauma.
Distribution. China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
Remarks. I follow here the opinion of Wen (1984b) who referred to T. (L.) scutellaris var. basoglabrosis as a synonym of L. scutellare.