Leptotrombidium scutellare ( Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin, 1921 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 127

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scientific name	Leptotrombidium scutellare ( Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin, 1921 )
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Leptotrombidium scutellare ( Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin, 1921)

Trombicula scutellaris Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin, 1921: 575 ; Gunther 1952: 13.

Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) scutellaris: Womersley 1952: 58 , pl. 6 (A–E); Wharton & Fuller 1952: 55; Sasa & Jameson 1954: 309, fig. 40; Womersley & Audy 1957: 257; Hsu & Chen 1957: 250, figs. 23–30; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 411.

Leptotrombidium scutellaris: Radford 1954: 260 .

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare: Lakshana 1973: 9 ; Wen 1984b: 309; Li et al. 1997: 169, fig. 2-1-89; Chau et al. 2007: 58, fig. 27; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250; 2015b: 81, fig. 20.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare scutellare: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 315 , pl. 47.

Leptotrombidium scutellare: Stekolnikov 2013: 126 View Cited Treatment ; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 324.

Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) scutellaris var. basoglabrosis Chen, Hsu and Wang, 1956: 152 , figs. 11–16; Chen & Hsu 1958a: 412.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) scutellare basoglabrose: Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976: 321 , pl. 173.

Leptotrombidium basoglabrose: Stekolnikov 2013: 126 View Cited Treatment .

Type deposition. T. scutellaris : Institute for Infectious Diseases , University of Tokyo (lectotype); T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis: ZSM .

Type data. T. scutellaris : ex Microtus montebelli , Japan, Yamagata Prefecture, Yachi; T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis : ex Rattus losea View in CoL (syn. Rattus losea exiguus View in CoL ), China, Fujian Province, Fuzhou.

Hosts. RODENTIA : Apodemus agrarius , A. argenteus , A. chevrieri , A. draco , A. speciosus , Bandicota indica , Berylmys berdmorei , B. bowersi , Callosciurus caniceps , C. erythraeus , C. finlaysoni , Dremomys rufigenis , Eothenomys chinensis , E. melanogaster , E. miletus , Leopoldamys edwardsi , L. sabanus , Maxomys alticola , M. rajah , M. surifer , Menetes berdmorei , Microtus montebelli , Mus musculus , Myodes rufocanus , M. smithii , Niviventer confucianus , N. fulvescens , N. niviventer , Rattus andamanensis , R. losea , R. nitidus , R. norvegicus , R. rattus , R. tanezumi , Sciurus lis ; SCANDENTIA : Tupaia belangeri chinensis , T. glis ; SORICOMORPHA : Crocidura dsinezumi , Hylomys suillus pegunensis , Suncus murinus , Urotrichus talpoides ; ERINACEOMORPHA : Hylomys suillus ; LAGOMORPHA : Lepus brachyurus , Ochotona hyperborea ; PRIMATES : Homo sapiens , Macaca mulatta ; CARNIVORA : Arctogalidia trivirgata , Canis lupus familiaris , Felis catus , Melogale personata , Mustela itatsi , M. sibirica , Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ; ARTIODACTYLA : Capra hircus , Tragulus javanicus ; AVES: Anthus hodgsoni , Bambusicola thoracicus , Chalcophaps indica , Cochoa purpurea , Francolinus pintadeanus , Myiomela leucura , Niltava sundara , Pellorneum ruficeps , P. tickelli , Polyplectron bicalcaratum , Stachyris nigriceps , Turdus celaenops , T. obscurus , Zoothera dauma .

Distribution. China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. I follow here the opinion of Wen (1984b) who referred to T. (L.) scutellaris var. basoglabrosis as a synonym of L. scutellare .

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