Odontacarus audyi ( Radford, 1946 )

K, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, RajasegaranK, Praveena, Alkathiry K, Hadil A., ChaisiriK, Kittipong, RoundK, Philip D., Eiamampai, Krairat, Ahmad KhusainiK, Mohd K. S., RamjiK, Mohamad Fizl Sidq, AbubakarK, Sazaly, Ya’cobK, Zubaidah, Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A. & Makepeace K, Benjamin L., 2023, On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species, Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 1109-1138 : 1132

Odontacarus audyi ( Radford, 1946)

Distribution and hosts — India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, on 22 bird species ( Stekolnikov 2021a). Cacomantis sepulcralis , Cyornis tickelliae , Eumyias thalassinus , Geokichla citrina , Geokichla sibirica , Larvivora cyane , Philentoma pyrhoptera , Cyornis brunneatus , Stachyris nigriceps , and Stachyris poliocephala are new host species.

Material examined — Three larvae ( ZIN 17938 – 17940) ex Geokichla citrina , Geokichla sibirica , and Larvivora cyane , THAILAND, Rayong province, Koh Mun Nai, 12.612384°N, 101.687574°E, 10 – 11 March 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; two larvae ( ZIN 17941, 17943)

ex L. cyane and Cyornis tickelliae , THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, Mahidol University Campus, 14.1288777°N, 99.1611407°E, 8 – 9 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; one larva ( ZIN 17942) ex L. cyane , THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, SW Mahidol University Campus, 14.11806°N, 99.15253°E, 9 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; two larvae

( ZIN 17944, 17945) ex L. cyane and Copsychus malabaricus , THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, W Mahidol University Campus, 14.13111°N, 99.14863°E, 10 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; one larva ( ZIN 18167) ex Gallus gallus domesticus , THAILAND, Nan province, Ban Santisuk village, 19.131006°N, 100.698332°E, 23 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand.

Fifty-three larvae (UoL) from the same localities of Kanchanaburi province, same and additional host individuals of the same species, plus 11 larvae ex one Copsychus saularus (2), one Mixornis gularis (1), two Pycnonotus conradi (4), and two Rhipidura javanica (4), THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, Mahidol University Campus, 14.1288777°N, 99.1611407°E,

9 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; nine larvae (UoL) ex one Mixornis gularis (2), two Pycnonotus conradi (4), and one Rubigula flaviventris (3), THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, W Mahidol University Campus, 14.13111°N, 99.14863°E, 10 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; 53 larvae (UoL) ex three Copsychus malabaricus (7), four Cyornis tickelliae (15), four Larvivora cyane (15), one Pycnonotus aurigaster (2), four Pycnonotus conradi (8), and two Pycnonotus finlaysoni (6), THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, W Mahidol University Campus, 14.134225°N, 99.1374365°E, 11 December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; nine larvae (UoL) ex one Dicrurus paradiseus (1), one Larvivora cyane (3), one Calliope calliope (3), one Ficedula albicula (1), and one Pycnonotus conradi (1), THAILAND, Kanchanaburi province, NW Mahidol University Campus, 14.154772°N, 99.1193296°E, 12 – 13 December

2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand.

Three larvae ( UM) ex Pellorneum ruficeps , Geokichla citrina , and Larvivora cyane , MALAYSIA, Kedah State, Langkawi Isl., Gunung Machinchang, 6.429010°N, 99.729852°E,

16 – 17 March 2022, coll. P. Rajasegaran; one larva ( UM) ex P. ruficeps , MALAYSIA, Pahang State, Fraser’s Hill, 3.725630°N, 101.716365°E, 22 October 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran; five larvae ( UM) ex Cacomantis sepulcralis , Copsychus malabaricus , Eumyias thalassinus , Stachyris nigriceps , and Stachyris poliocephala , MALAYSIA, Selangor State, Ulu Gombak Forest Reserve, 3.325987°N, 101.752747°E, 9 – 12 February 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran; 16

larvae ( UM) ex one C. malabaricus (1), four L. cyane(5), four Philentoma pyrhoptera (4), one Cyornis brunneatus (2), and four S. poliocephala (4), MALAYSIA, Terengganu State, Pasir Raja Forest Reserve, 4.790517°N, 102.996835°E, 23 – 27 October 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran.