Leptotrombidium imphalum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 118

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Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum imphalum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 255 , pl. 11. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum: Wen 1984b: 306 ; Li et al. 1997: 136, fig. 2-1-45; Tanskul & Linthicum 1999: 88, figs. 1–9; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 119; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250; 2015b: 64, fig. 16.

Leptotrombidium imphalum: Stekolnikov 2013: 66 View Cited Treatment ; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 324.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum ceylonicum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 258 , pls. 13, 14; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 119.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum sabahense Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 257 , pls. 12, 16; Wen 1984b: 307.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) chiangraiensis Tanskul and Linthicum, 1997: 368 , figs. 1–9.

Type deposition. L. imphalum imphalum: BMNH (not found); L. imphalum ceylonicum: SAM ; L. imphalum sabahense: IMR ; L. chiangraiensis: USNM.

Type data. L. imphalum : ex Rattus tanezumi (syn. Rattus flavipectus yunnanensis ), India, Assam State, Stilwell Road, 21 mile mark; L. imphalum ceylonicum : ex bandicoot rat, Ceylon, Colombo District; L. imphalum sabahense : free larva on grass, Malaysia, Sabah State, Sook Keningau, 31 mile sign; L. chiangraiensis : ex Rattus losea , Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Mae Chan District, Ban Pa Cook.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Apodemus agrarius , Bandicota indica , Berylmys bowersi , Mus caroli , Mus musculus , Rattus andamanensis , R. argentiventer , R. exulans , R. losea , R. nitidus , R. norvegicus , R. rattus , R. tanezumi ; SORICOMORPHA: Crocidura attenuata , C. suaveolens , Suncus murinus ; ERINACEOMORPHA : Hylomys suillus ; SCANDENTIA: Dendrogale melanura , Tupaia glis ; AVES: Aves gen. sp.

Distribution. Burma, Ceylon, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand.

Remarks. Holotype of L. imphalum was not found in BMNH and IMR by Tanskul & Linthicum (1999); I also did not find the holotype during my revision of the BMNH chigger collection in 2019 and MHNG chigger collection in 2018.

References

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

Chung, L. H., Wu, W. J., Kuo, C. C. & Wang, H. C. (2015 a) A checklist of chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenh ˆ kiidae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 52, 1241 - 1253. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jme / tjv 139

Chung, L. H., Wu, W. J. & Wang, H. C. (2015 b) Chigger mite fauna of Taiwan (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, 177 pp.

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.

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]

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

Tanskul, P. & Linthicum, K. J. (1997) A new species of Leptotrombidium (Acari: Trombiculidae) collected in active rice fields in northern Thailand. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34, 368 - 371. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 34.3.368

Tanskul, P. & Linthicum, K. J. (1999) Redescription of Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum (Acari: Trombiculidae), with observations on bionomics and medical importance in Northern Thailand. Journal of Medical Entomology, 36, 88 - 91. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 36.1.88

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.