Walchia (Walchia) rustica ( Gater, 1932 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 70-71

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Walchia (Walchia) rustica ( Gater, 1932) View in CoL

Gahrliepia rustica Gater, 1932: 167 , figs. 13, 14 (a).

Walchia rustica: Womersley & Heaslip 1943: 136 View in CoL , pl. XII (6); Thor & Willmann 1947: 337, figs. 403, 404b; Gunther 1952: 45; Wharton & Fuller 1952: 93; Radford 1954: 270; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 337.

Gahrliepia (Walchia) rustica: Womersley 1952: 286 , pl. 76 (D–F) (larva), 396, pl. 107 (A–D) (nymph); Audy 1957: 280; Womersley 1957a: 111; Traub & Evans 1957: 339, figs. 137–145; Womersley & Audy 1957: 287; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 406; Schluger et al. 1960c: 465, figs. 17–23; Nadchatram 1972: 195; Lakshana 1973: 26; Chau et al. 2007: 185, fig. 93; Mohd Zain et al. 2015: tab. 1.

Walchia (Walchia) rustica: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 112 View in CoL ; Wen 1984b: 298; Li et al. 1997: 461, fig. 3-1-23; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 495, fig. 167.

Type deposition. BMNH 1932.7 .18.25.

Type data. Ex Maxomys surifer View in CoL (syn. Rattus surifer surifer View in CoL ), Malaysia, Selangor State, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Bandicota bengalensis , B. indica , Berylmys berdmorei , B. bowersi , Callosciurus caniceps , C. erythraeus , C. notatus , Cannomys badius , Leopoldamys edwardsi , L. sabanus , Maxomys surifer , Menetes berdmorei , Mus pahari , Niviventer niviventer , Rattus andamanensis , R. exulans , R. nitidus , R. rattus , R. tanezumi , R. tiomanicus , Sundamys muelleri , Tamiops mcclellandi ; SCANDENTIA : Tupaia belangeri chinensis , T. glis ; SORICOMORPHA: Crocidura horsfieldi , Suncus murinus ; ERINACEOMORPHA : Hylomys suillus ; CARNIVORA : Herpestes javanicus , Panthera pardus ; AVES: Psilopogon lineatus hodgsoni .

Distribution. Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.

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