Afrotrombicula nigeriensis (Ewing, 1928)

Trombicula nigeriensis Ewing, 1928: 78 .

Trombicula nigeriensis – Radford 1942: 60. — Taufflieb 1960b: 224. — Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 132. — Zumpt 1961: 138. — Goff 1989: 120.

Trombicula (Trombicula) nigeriensis – Thor & Willmann 1947: 269. — Wharton & Fuller 1952: 68.

Afrotrombicula (Afrotrombicula) nigeriensis – Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1978: 103; 1981: 417.

Neotrombicula nigeriensis – Whitaker et al. 1983: 31.

Holotype

USNM (Wharton & Fuller 1952; Goff 1989).

Distribution

Nigeria (Ibadan).

Hosts

Funisciurus anerythrus, F. leucogenys oliviae (original data), F. leucogenys auriculatus (Zumpt 1961), Lemniscomys striatus, Lophuromys sikapusi, Rattus rattus .