Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris ( Walch, 1922 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 126

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scientific name	Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris ( Walch, 1922 )
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Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris ( Walch, 1922)

Trombicula acuscutellaris Walch, 1922: 564 , figs 22–25.

Trombicula acuscutellaris – Fuller 1952: 80.

Trombicula (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 43.

Blankaartia acuscutellaris – Taufflieb & Mouchet 1959: 233. — Zumpt 1961: 151. — Taufflieb 1969: 284. — Kudryashova 1998: 162, fig. 124.

Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 22.

Holotype

No data ( Fuller 1952).

Distribution

Cameroon (Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré), Central African Republic (Soulemaka), Congo (Djoue River, Méya, Pointe-Noire). This species was described from Sumatra and later recorded from many Asian and European countries ( Fuller 1952; Kudryashova 1983; Ripka & Stekolnikov 2006).

Hosts

Centropus senegalensis , Ixobrychus minutus, Laniarius sp., Philomachus pugnax , Potamogale velox .