Leptotrombidium kunshui Wen and Xiang, 1984

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 : 490

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6F24C9FB-95A2-4E8B-9F55-BC7845E74096
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6085083
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scientific name	Leptotrombidium kunshui Wen and Xiang, 1984
status

Treatment

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

Distribution and hosts. L. kunshui is reported from Rattus tanezumi Temminck ( Rodentia : Muridae ) in China ( Wen & Xiang 1984). We found L. kunshui in Vietnam for the first time. Both P. r u f i c ep s and L. sibilans are new hosts for this chigger.

References

Wen, T. & Xiang, R. (1984) A new species and a new subspecies of avian Leptotrombidium from Yunnan Province (Acariformes: Trombiculidae). In: Wen, T. (Ed.), Sand Mites of China (Acariformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). Hue Lin Publishing House, Peking, pp. 213 - 215. [in Chinese]

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Prostigmata
Family	Trombiculidae
Genus	Leptotrombidium

Specimens