Walchia kritochaeta ( Traub and Evans, 1957 )

Antonovskaia, Anastasia A., Morand, Serge & Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2024, New species and new records of chigger mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) from Cambodia, Zootaxa 5406 (2), pp. 343-358 : 356

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.2.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F65BF05F-CE34-466C-97F7-7AA29806FDF7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10618317
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87CD-2E1E-2838-FF47-11E4888FF8F9
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Walchia kritochaeta ( Traub and Evans, 1957 )
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Walchia kritochaeta ( Traub and Evans, 1957) View in CoL

Distribution and hosts. This species was described from Thailand ( Traub & Evans 1957) and later was recorded in China ( Wen 1984a), Taiwan ( Chung et al. 2015), Vietnam ( Chau et al. 2007; Antonovskaia et al. 2017), and Cambodia (this study). It was found on 21 rodent species, one treeshrew, and one bird ( Stekolnikov 2021).

Material examined. In total 29 larvae: three larvae ( ZIN 14192 View Materials , 14245 View Materials , 14249 View Materials ) ex B. savilei No. C 0683, CAMBODIA, Mondulkiri Province, Keo Seima , 23 November 2009 ; 14 larvae ( ZIN 14252–14258 View Materials , 14260–14266 View Materials ) ex M. surifer C0681, same locality and date ; seven larvae ( ZIN 14309–14312 View Materials , 14314–14316 View Materials ,) ex M. surifer C0746, same locality, 27 November 2009 ; five larvae ( ZIN 14319 View Materials , 14320 View Materials , 14322 View Materials , 14324 View Materials , 14326 View Materials ) ex M. surifer C0761, same locality, 28 November 2009 .