Gahrliepia nana (Oudemans, 1910)

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 265-286 : 268

Gahrliepia nana (Oudemans, 1910)

Material examined — 1 larva ( IRSNB) from Cryptomys hottentotus (Lesson) ( Rodentia : Bathyergidae ), SOUTH AFRICA, Natal, Durban, 29°51′28′′S, 31°01′45′′E, collected by A. Fain.

Remarks — This species was described from a bat Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall) ( Chiroptera : Hipposideridae ) and C. hottentotus in Durban, and later it was recorded in Johannesburg and Sierra Leone from two more rodent species ( Stekolnikov 2018).