Leptotrombidium fletcheri ( Womersley and Heaslip, 1943 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 116

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Leptotrombidium fletcheri ( Womersley and Heaslip, 1943)

Trombicula fletcheri Womersley and Heaslip, 1943: 86 , fig. 4, pl. III (8); Radford 1954: 250.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri fletcheri: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 301 , pls. 38, 39. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri: Brown 1992: 290 .

Leptotrombidium fletcheri: Stekolnikov 2013: 93 View Cited Treatment .

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fletcheri francolini Wen and Xiang, 1984a: 213 , fig. III-24; Wen 1984b: 306.

Type deposition. IMR (lectotype).

Type data. L. fletcheri : ex Rattus rattus , Malaysia, Selangor State, Sungei Buloh; L. fletcheri francolini : ex Francolinus pintadeanus , China, Yunnan Province.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Apomys insignis , Bullimus bagobus , Melomys sp., Rattus argentiventer , R. everetti , R. exulans , R. mordax , R. praetor , R. rattus , R. sordidus , R. tanezumi , R. tiomanicus , Sundasciurus mindanensis , Uromys caudimaculatus ; CHIROPTERA : Haplonycteris sp.; SCANDENTIA : Urogale everetti ; PERAMELEMORPHIA : Echymipera kalubu cockerelli ; DIPROTODONTIA : Dactylopsila trivirgata ; AVES: Francolinus pintadeanus , Rallus torguatus sanfordi .

Distribution. China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines.

Brown, W. A. (1992) Description of six new species of the genus Leptotrombidium from Mindanao Island and notes on the medically important genera of chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the Philippine Islands. Journal of Medical Entomology, 29, 284 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 29.2.284

Radford, C. D. (1954) The larval genera and species of harvest mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Parasitology, 44, 247 - 276. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000018898

Stekolnikov, A. A. (2013) Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) of the World. Zootaxa, 3728 (1), 1 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3728.1.1

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. & Langston, R. L. (1976) The chigger mites of the World (Acarina: Trombiculidae et Leeuwenhoekiidae). III. Leptotrombidium complex. George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, California, 1061 pp.

Womersley, H. & Heaslip, W. G. (1943) The Trombiculinae (Acarina) or itch-mites of the Austro-Malayan and Oriental regions. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 67, 68 - 142.

Xiang, R. J. & Wen, T. H. (1984 a) Note on Leptotrombidium (L.) miculum arvinum. In: Wen, T. H. (Ed.), Sand mites of China (Acariformes: Trombiculidae & Leeuwenhoekiidae). Hue Lin Publishing House, Shanghai, pp. 260. [in Chinese]