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Walchia (Walchia) micropelta ( Traub and Evans, 1957 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 68

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scientific name

 Walchia (Walchia) micropelta ( Traub and Evans, 1957 )
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Walchia (Walchia) micropelta ( Traub and Evans, 1957) View in CoL

Gahrliepia (Walchia) micropelta Traub and Evans, 1957: 311 , figs. 44–52; Audy 1957: 279; Schluger et al. 1960c: 464, figs. 9–16; Lakshana 1973: 25; Chau et al. 2007: 179, fig. 89.

Walchia (Walchia) micropelta: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 112 View in CoL ; Wen 1984b: 297; Li et al. 1997: 457, fig. 3-1- 17.

Walchia micropelta: Chaisiri et al. 2016: 336 View in CoL ; Antonovskaia et al. 2017: 39.

Type deposition. USNM .

Type data. Ex Mus sp., Thailand, Chaiyaphum Province, Phu Khiao District, Ban Lat .

Hosts. RODENTIA : Bandicota indica , B. savilei , Berylmys berdmorei , Leopoldamys edwardsi , L. sabanus , Maxomys surifer , Menetes berdmorei , Mus caroli , M. cervicolor , M. cookii , M. musculus , Niviventer niviventer , Rattus andamanensis , R. argentiventer , R. exulans , R. losea , R. nitidus , R. rattus , R. tanezumi ; SCANDENTIA : Tupaia glis .

Distribution. China, Thailand, Vietnam.

Antonovskaia, A. A., Lopatina, Y. V. & Nguen, V. H. (2017) The infestation of small mammals in south-eastern Vietnam with harvest mites (Acari: Trombiculidae). Meditsinskaya Parazitologiya i Parazitarnye Bolezni, 1, 36 - 43.

Chaisiri, K., Stekolnikov, A. A., Makepeace, B. L. & Morand, S. (2016) A revised checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Thailand, with the description of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 53, 321 - 342. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jme / tjv 244

Chau, N. V., Hien, D. S. & Van, N. T. (2007) Fauna of Vietnam. 16. Trombiculidae-Acarina, Siphonaptera. Science and Technics Publishing House, Ha Noi, 209 pp.

Lakshana, P. (1973) A checklist of the trombiculid mites of Thailand (Prostigmata: Trombiculidae). US Army Medical Component, SEATO, Bangkok, 45 pp.

Li, J., Wang, D. & Chen, X. (1997) Trombiculid mites of China: Studies on vector and pathogen of tsutsugamushi disease. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou, 570 pp. [in Chinese]

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

Traub, R. & Evans, T. M. (1957) Records and descriptions of chiggers of the subgenus Walchia Ewing, 1931, from Southeast Asia (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 28, 297 - 358.

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. (1968 b) The chigger mites of the Far East (Acarina: Trombiculidae & Leeuwenhoekiidae). U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Washington, D. C., 135 pp.

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Trombiculidae

SubFamily

Gahrliepiinae

Genus

Walchia

SubGenus

Walchia

Specimens