Brunehaldia brunehaldi (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956)

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 52

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scientific name	Brunehaldia brunehaldi (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956)
status

Treatment

Euschoengastia brunehaldi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956d: 83 , pl. 3.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti Vercammen-Grandjean & Kolebinova, 1966: 434 , figs 7–12.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) brunehaldi – Vercammen-Grandjean & Kolebinova 1966: 432, figs 1–6. Brunehaldia brunehaldi – Kudryashova 1998: 291. — Stekolnikov & Daniel 2012: 75.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 95 (nom. nud.). — Goff 1989: 95.

Holotype

Euschoengastia brunehaldi : RMCA (not found); Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti : USNM.

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 180.005) labeled as “ Euschoengastia brunehaldi ”, not designated as type, not suitable for examination. One paratype from BMNH (1956.9.15.1).

Distribution

Morocco (Oued Cherrat), Egypt (Saint Catherine’s Monastery). This species was also recorded in Turkey from four species of mice and voles ( Stekolnikov & Daniel 2012).

Hosts

Acomys dimidiatus , Apodemus sylvaticus , Eliomys munbyanus .

Remarks

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti was synonymized with B. brunehaldi by Stekolnikov & Daniel (2012) as a result of morphometric studies.