Gahrliepia nana (Oudemans, 1910)

Typhlothrombium nanus Oudemans, 1910b: 105 .

Typhlothrombium nanus – Oudemans 1912: 83, fig. U.

Gahrliepia nanus – Radford 1942: 64, fig. 33. — Thor & Willmann 1947: 333, fig. 398. — Lawrence 1951 a: 117. — Fuller 1952: 213. — Traub & Morrow 1955: 52, figs 151–158.

Gahrliepia nana – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 93.

Gahrliepia (Gahrliepia) nana – Zumpt 1961: 174. — Taufflieb 1965 b: 512.

Holotype

Private collection of Trägårdh, Stockholm (Oudemans 1912), lost (Fuller 1952), RMNH (Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 74229), labeled as “ Gahrliepia nanus ” by the hand of Radford, not suitable for examination.

Distribution

South Africa (Durban, Johannesburg), Sierra Leone (Wellington). The last record is added on the basis of material revised.

Hosts

Cryptomys hottentotus, Hipposideros caffer (type host), Mastomys erythroleucus, Micaelamys namaquensis .