Gahrliepia cf. mirabilis Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1960

Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E. & Lopatina, Y. V., 2023, New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam, Zootaxa 5346 (3), pp. 271-306 : 276

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scientific name	Gahrliepia cf. mirabilis Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1960
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** Gahrliepia cf. mirabilis Schluger, Grochovskaja, Ngu, Hoe and Tung, 1960 View in CoL

Material examined. Vietnam: Quảng Bình (Lâm Thǔy, Lệ Thủy)— Rattus type IV, Leopoldamys herberti (March 2017, 7 larvae), Nghe An (Hoa Binh, near Pu Mat National Park)— Rhizomys pruinosus (April 2018, 3 larvae).

Remarks. Examined specimens differ from the description of G. mirabilis ( Schluger et al. 1960b) by the shape of scutum (narrow and slim end of scutum) and by the longer scutal setae (AL = PL = 41–44 vs. AL = 28–36, PL = 32–38). Some specimens has 9 scutal setae.

References

Schluger, E. G., Grochovskaja, I. M., Ngu, D. V., Hoe, N. X. & Tung, D. K. (1960 b) The trombiculid mites (chigger mites) of the genus Gahrliepia (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) from North Vietnam. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 39 (2), 462 - 476. [in Russian]