Walchia (Walchia) turmalis ( Gater, 1932 )

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

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

Gahrliepia turmalis Gater, 1932: 168 , fig. 14 (b).

Walchia turmalis: Womersley & Heaslip 1943: 136 View in CoL , pl. XII (5); Thor & Willmann 1947: 337, fig. 404a; Gunther 1952: 45; Wharton & Fuller 1952: 93; Radford 1954: 270.

Gahrliepia (Walchia) turmalis: Womersley 1952: 288 , pl. 76 (G–I); Audy 1957: 281; Womersley & Audy 1957: 288; Traub & Evans 1957: 337, figs. 129–136; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 406; Nadchatram 1972: 195; Mohd Zain et al. 2015: tab. 1.

Walchia (Walchia) turmalis: Vercammen-Grandjean 1968b: 112 View in CoL ; Wen 1984b: 298; Li et al. 1997: 465, fig. 3-1-29; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 499, fig. 168.

Type deposition. BMNH 1932.7 .18.29.

Type data. Ex Leopoldamys sabanus (syn. Rattus sabanus vociferans ), Malaysia, Selangor State, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Bandicota bengalensis , B. indica , Berylmys bowersi , Leopoldamys edwardsi , L. sabanus , Rattus exulans , R. losea , R. rattus , R. tanezumi , Sundamys muelleri ; SORICOMORPHA : Echinosorex gymnurus , Suncus murinus ; SCANDENTIA : Tupaia belangeri chinensis , T. glis .

Distribution. Burma, Ceylon, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore.

References

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Fernandes S. J., S. & Kulkarni, S. M. (2003) Studies on the trombiculid mite fauna of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 212, 1 - 539.

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Gunther, C. E. M. (1952) A check list of the trombiculid larvae of Asia and Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 77, 1 - 60.

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]

Mohd Zain, S. N., Syed Khalil Amdan, S. A., Braima, K. A., Abdul-Aziz, N. M., Wilson, J. J., Sithambaran, P. & Jeffery, J. (2015) Ectoparasites of murids in peninsular Malaysia and their associated diseases. Parasites & Vectors, 8, 254. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 015 - 0850 - 1

Nadchatram, M. (1972) The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 9. A collection of chiggers from Gunong Benom (Prostigmata; Trombiculidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 23, 189 - 198.

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Thor, S. & Willmann, C. (1947) Acarina. Trombidiidae. In: Schulze, F. E., K ʾ kenthal, W. & Heider, K. (Eds.), Das Tierreich. Vol. 71 b. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, pp. 187 - 544. https: // doi. org / 10.1515 / 9783111625423

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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.

Wharton, G. W. & Fuller, H. S. (1952) A manual of the chiggers. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4, 1 - 185.

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Womersley, H. (1952) The scrub-typhus and scrub-itch mites (Trombiculidae, Acarina) of the Asiatic-Pacific region. Records of the South Australian Museum, 10, 1 - 435.

Womersley, H. & Audy, J. R. (1957) Malaysian Parasites-XXVII. The Trombiculidae (Acarina) of the Asiatic-Pacific Region: A revised and annotated list of the species in Womersley, 1952, with descriptions of larvae and nymphs. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, 28, 231 - 296.