Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 33-34

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scientific name	Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953
status

Treatment

Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953: 207 , figs 1–7.

Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) wansoni – Zumpt 1961: 173. — Taufflieb 1964: 460.

Holotype

RMCA (not found).

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 82324), ex Pelomys fallax , collected 9 October 1953, designated as “topotype 8”, labeled by the hand of Vercammen-Grandjean, not suitable for examination. One specimen from BMNH (1956.9.15.60), ex Crocidura sp., collected 22 February 1954, designated as “topotype 25”.

Distribution

DR Congo (Bukavu). This species was also recorded in Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Aravan) on Crocidura suaveolens and Meriones libycus ( Kudryashova 1998) .

Hosts

Crocidura sp., Pelomys fallax , Rattus rattus (type host). The first two records are added on the basis of material revised.

Remarks

Described from a single specimen.