Odontacarus audyi ( Radford, 1946 )

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 : 484

Odontacarus audyi ( Radford, 1946)

Material examined. Location A: 1 larva from Turdus cardis ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), 1 February 2010; 3 larvae from Niltava davidi ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), 4 February 2010; 6 larvae from Niltava davidi , 5 February 2010; 5 larvae from Larvivora sibilans ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), 5 February 2010. Location B: 12 larvae from Larvivora sibilans , 7 February 2010; 8 larvae from Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes : Pellorneidae ), 7 February 2010; 1 larva from Hemixos flavala ( Passeriformes : Pycnonotidae ), 7 February 2010; 14 larvae from Copsychus malabaricus ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), 8 February 2010.

Distribution and hosts. O. audyi is widely distributed in South-East Asia ( India, Malaysia, Thailand) and infests various birds ( Nadchatram 1963). This author found O. audyi on Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus) ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), Centropus sinensis (Stephens) ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Pittidae ), Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes : Pellorneidae ), Luscinia cyane (Pallas) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), Saxicola ferreus Gray ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), Garrulax moniliger (Hodgson) ( Passeriformes : Leiothrichidae ), Copsychus malabricus ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ), Anthus hodgsoni Richmond ( Passeriformes : Motacillidae ), Lanius collurioides Lesson ( Passeriformes : Laniidae ), and Cyornis banyumas (Horsfield) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ). O. audyi is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. Turdus cardis , Niltava davidi and Larvivora sibilans are new hosts for this species.