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 View in CoL

Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953: 207 View in CoL , 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.