Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) paradoxa (Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean & Herman, 1954 )

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Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) paradoxa (Jadin, Vercammen-Grandjean & Herman, 1954)

Euschoengastia paradoxa Jadin et al., 1954a: 273 .

Schoutedenichia (Nasichia) paradoxa paradoxa – Vercammen-Grandjean 1958a: 79, figs 40–42.

Schoutedenichia (Nasichia) paradoxa – Zumpt 1961: 166, fig. 96e–f. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1975: 410, fig. D.

Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) paradoxa – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 102.

Holotype

RMCA 80509 .

Material revised

Holotype and 30 paratypes from RMCA, including 11 nymphs.

Distribution

DR Congo (Bukavu, Kabunga, Kindu, Lwiro, Mbandaka).

Hosts

Arvicanthis abyssinicus (original data), A. niloticus ( Zumpt 1961) , Crocidura sp., Dasymys incomtus , Dendromus mesomelas, Felis catus, Grammomys dryas (original data), G. dolichurus ( Zumpt 1961) , Graphiurus sp., Lemniscomys striatus , L. griselda , Lophuromys aquilus (original data), L. flavopunctatus ( Zumpt 1961) , Mastomys coucha , Mus triton , Oenomys hypoxanthus , Otomys irroratus , Pelomys fallax , Rattus rattus .

Remarks

The deutonymph was described (Jadin et al. 1954a; Vercammen-Grandjean 1958a).