Microtrombicula panieri ( Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952 )

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Microtrombicula panieri ( Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952)

Trombicula panieri Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952: 609 , pl. 3.

Trombicula panieri – Zumpt 1961: 135, fig. 82a.

Trombicula (Microtrombicula) panieri – Audy & Vercammen-Grandjean 1961a: 130.

Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) panieri – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a: 113, pls AP, AB. Microtrombicula panieri – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 45.

Holotype

RMCA 76010 .

Material revised

Holotype (not suitable for examination) and 29 paratypes from RMCA.

Distribution

Rwanda (Butare), DR Congo (Bukavu).

Hosts

Arvicanthis abyssinicus (original data), A. niloticus ( Zumpt 1961) , Cricetomys emini (original data), C. gambianus ( Zumpt 1961) , Crocidura sp., Dasymys incomtus , Dendromus mystacalis , Grammomys sp., Graphiurus murinus , Lemniscomys striatus , Lophuromys sp., Mastomys coucha , Mus triton , Otomys tropicalis (original data), O. irroratus ( Zumpt 1961) , Pelomys minor .