Schoengastia schuffneri (Walch, 1922)

Trombicula schuffneri Walch 1922: 546, figs. 2–5.

Neoschoengastia schuffneri: Womersley & Heaslip 1943: 117, pl. VIII (8).

Schoengastia schuffneri: Thor & Willmann 1947: 302, fig. 359; Fuller 1952: 164; Gunther 1952: 24; Wharton & Fuller 1952: 89; Radford 1954: 267; Audy 1957: 250; Womersley & Audy 1957: 271; Nadchatram et al. 1980: 269.

Schoengastia (Schoengastia) schuffneri: Womersley 1952: 159, pl. 33 (A–E) (larva), 382, pl. 101 (M–O) (nymph); Vercammen-Grandjean 1965b: 81; 1968b: 88.

Schoengastia katonis Womersley and Heaslip, 1943: 104, pl. VI (5); Gunther 1952: 25; Radford 1954: 266.

Schoengastia pusilla Womersley, 1944: 96, fig. 6 (A–C); Gunther 1952: 25; Radford 1954: 267.

Type deposition. S. schuffneri: possibly in KWI (Fuller 1952); S. katonis: no data; S. pusilla: SAM (Gunther 1952) .

Type data. T. schuffneri: ex man, Sumatra, Deli (Indonesia, North Sumatra Province, Deli Serdang Regency); S. katonis: Carolines, Parao Is.; T. pusilla: free larva on boots, New Guinea, Buna area.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Rattus exulans, R. leucopus; AVES: Centropus bengalensis javanensis; PRIMATES: Homo sapiens .

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