Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) africanus (Radford, 1948)

Ascoschoengastia africana Radford, 1948: 220, figs 15–16.

Euschoengastia africana – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 73. — Zumpt 1961: 161.

Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) africanus – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 87; 1966: 642, pl. G1–6.

Holotype

BMNH 1948.2.3.32.

Material revised

Holotype, labeled as “ lectotype ”. One specimen from RMCA (No. 80617), labeled as “ Euschoengastia africana ” by the hand of Radford, but not designated as paratype.

Distribution

South Africa (Onderstepoort).

Hosts

Otomys angoniensis (original data), O. irroratus (Zumpt 1961) .