Leptotrombidium fletcheri ( Womersley and Heaslip, 1943 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 116

Leptotrombidium fletcheri ( Womersley and Heaslip, 1943)

Trombicula fletcheri Womersley and Heaslip, 1943: 86 , fig. 4, pl. III (8); Radford 1954: 250.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri fletcheri: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 301 , pls. 38, 39. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri: Brown 1992: 290 .

Leptotrombidium fletcheri: Stekolnikov 2013: 93 .

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri francolini Wen and Xiang, 1984a: 213 , fig. III-24; Wen 1984b: 306.

Type deposition. IMR (lectotype).

Type data. L. fletcheri : ex Rattus rattus , Malaysia, Selangor State, Sungei Buloh; L. fletcheri francolini : ex Francolinus pintadeanus , China, Yunnan Province.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Apomys insignis , Bullimus bagobus , Melomys sp., Rattus argentiventer , R. everetti , R. exulans , R. mordax , R. praetor , R. rattus , R. sordidus , R. tanezumi , R. tiomanicus , Sundasciurus mindanensis , Uromys caudimaculatus ; CHIROPTERA : Haplonycteris sp.; SCANDENTIA : Urogale everetti ; PERAMELEMORPHIA : Echymipera kalubu cockerelli ; DIPROTODONTIA : Dactylopsila trivirgata ; AVES: Francolinus pintadeanus , Rallus torguatus sanfordi .

Distribution. China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines.