Schoengastia gigantica Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 79

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scientific name	Schoengastia gigantica Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958
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Treatment

Schoengastia gigantica Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958b: 640 , pls 4, 8.

Schoengastia (Schoengastia) gigantica – Zumpt 1961: 155. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 81. — Goff 1989: 109.

Holotype

USNM ( Goff 1989) (? see below).

Material revised

One specimen (No. 113888, not suitable for examination) designated as “ typus ” and one specimen (No. 113887) designated as “ type ” and ringed by red lacquer, from RMCA.

Distribution

DR Congo (Lubero).

Hosts

Arvicanthis abyssinicus (original data), A. niloticus ( Zumpt 1961) , Lemniscomys striatus , Otomys tropicalis (original data), O. irroratus ( Zumpt 1961) .