Austracarus dendrohyracis (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1957)

Acomatacarus (Austracarus) dendrohyracis Vercammen-Grandjean, 1957: 17, pl. 2.

Acomatacarus (Austracarus) dendrohyracis – Zumpt 1961: 178, fig. 99f–g.

Austracarus dendrohyracis – Vercammen-Grandjean & Watkins 1965b: 487, pls 1–2.

Holotype

RMCA 82787.

Material revised

Holotype and 41 paratypes from RMCA, including one nymph, labeled as “ Acomatacarus (Austracarus) dendrohyrax ” [sic].

Distribution

Rwanda (Gisenyi), DR Congo (Lemera, Rugari).

Hosts

Dendrohyrax sp. (original data), D. arboreus (Zumpt 1961; Vercammen-Grandjean & Watkins 1965b), Sciurus sp.

Remarks

The deutonymph was described (Vercammen-Grandjean & Watkins 1965b).