Blankaartia acuscutellaris (Walch, 1922)

K, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, RajasegaranK, Praveena, Alkathiry K, Hadil A., ChaisiriK, Kittipong, RoundK, Philip D., Eiamampai, Krairat, Ahmad KhusainiK, Mohd K. S., RamjiK, Mohamad Fizl Sidq, AbubakarK, Sazaly, Ya’cobK, Zubaidah, Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A. & Makepeace K, Benjamin L., 2023, On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species, Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 1109-1138 : 1129

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/yt89-g1ei
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10785810
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9A276-4376-3572-FE13-D764FC1F8740
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Blankaartia acuscutellaris (Walch, 1922)
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Distribution and hosts — Eastern Europe, Spain, Tropical Africa, Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia, mainly on water birds, also on mammals of different orders, including humans, and two records on chameleons ( Stekolnikov 2021a). Lewinia striata is a new host species.

Material examined — One larva ( ZIN 18170) ex Lewinia striata , MALAYSIA, Sarawak State, Sematan Pueh village, 1.831126°N, 109.708966°E, 22 March 2022, coll. P. Rajasegaran.

One larva ( UM) with the same data.