Helenicula scanloni ( Domrow and Nadchatram, 1964 )

Kaluz, Stanislav, Hung, Nguyen Manh, Capek, Miroslav & Literak, Ivan, 2016, Two new species and new records of chiggers (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae) from birds in Vietnam, Zootaxa 4061 (5), pp. 483-503 : 496

Helenicula scanloni ( Domrow and Nadchatram, 1964)

Material examined. Location A: 2 larvae from Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes : Pellorneidae ), 1 February 2010.

Distribution and hosts. In South Vietnam, Helenicula scanloni is reported to infest Tupaia sp. ( Scandentia : Tapaiidae), Menetes sp. ( Rodentia : Sciuridae ), and Rattus sp. ( Rodentia : Muridae ); in Thailand, this chigger is reported to occur on birds Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ), Centropus sinensis (Stephens) ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Dicruridae ), Pellorneum ruficeps , Pomatorhinus hypoleucos (Blyth) ( Passeriformes : Timaliidae ), and Hydrornis oatesi (Hume) (Passerifomes: Pittidae ), as well as on mammalian hosts Tupaia glis ( Scandentia : Tupaiidae ), Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) ( Rodentia : Muridae ), and Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr) ( Carnivora : Felidae ) ( Nadchatram & Traub 1971).