Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) causicolus (Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952)

Ascoschoengastia causicola Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952: 633, pl. 12.

Euschoengastia causicola – Zumpt 1961: 163.

Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) causicola – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 86; 1966: 637, pl. F2.

Holotype

RMCA 76143.

Material revised

Holotype and five paratypes from RMCA. One specimen from BMNH (1996.259), labeled by Vercammen-Grandjean as “ Euschoengastia causicola ”.

Distribution

Rwanda (Butare), DR Congo (Bukavu).

Hosts

Boaedon lineatus, Causus resimus, C. rhombeatus, Naja melanoleuca .