Leptotrombidium turdicola Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

Material examined. Location A: 1 larva from Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes: Pellorneidae), 4 February 2010.

Distribution and hosts. Leptotrombidium turdicola is known from Turdus obscurus Gmelin ( Passeriformes: Turdidae) in Malaysia (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976) and from Apodemus agrarius ( Rodentia: Muridae) in China (Stekolnikov 2013). We found L. turdicola in Vietnam for the first time. Pellorneum ruficeps is a new host for this chigger.