Schoutedenichia gilleti Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean et Herman, 1954

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Schoutedenichia gilleti Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean et Herman, 1954

Type material examined — larva paratype #3 ( RMCA 80560), No. L:2353/79/5, from nasal

cavity of Pelomys fallax (Peters) ( Rodentia : Muridae ), DR CONGO, Luberizi, 2°59′44′′S, 29°05′43′′E, 2 Mar. 1953, collected by Gillet.

Additional material examined — 2 larvae ( IRSNB) from nasal cavity of P. fallax , RWANDA, Gakoma , Apr. 1955, collected by A. Fain ; 1 larva ( IRSNB) from nasal cavity

of Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall) (= Dasymys bentleyae ) ( Rodentia : Muridae ), RWANDA, Musha, 2°31′43′′S, 29°51′54′′E, Jul. 1955.

Remarks — This species was known only from its type series collected from Oenomys hypoxanthus (Pucheran) ( Rodentia : Muridae ) and P. fallax in Luberizi. Here it is recorded outside the type locality, in Rwanda and D on. incomtus for the first time.

According to the database of US National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, there are 30 geographic objects (populated places and streams) in Rwanda with the name Gakoma; thus, exact coordinates of this collection locality remain unknown.