Leptotrombidium imphalum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum imphalum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 255, pl. 11. Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum: Wen 1984b: 306; Li et al. 1997: 136, fig. 2-1-45; Tanskul & Linthicum 1999: 88, figs. 1–9; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 119; Chung et al. 2015a: 1250; 2015b: 64, fig. 16.

Leptotrombidium imphalum: Stekolnikov 2013: 66; Chaisiri et al. 2016: 324.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum ceylonicum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 258, pls. 13, 14; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 119.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) imphalum sabahense Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976: 257, pls. 12, 16; Wen 1984b: 307.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) chiangraiensis Tanskul and Linthicum, 1997: 368, figs. 1–9.

Type deposition. L. imphalum imphalum: BMNH (not found); L. imphalum ceylonicum: SAM; L. imphalum sabahense: IMR; L. chiangraiensis: USNM.

Type data. L. imphalum: ex Rattus tanezumi (syn. Rattus flavipectus yunnanensis), India, Assam State, Stilwell Road, 21 mile mark; L. imphalum ceylonicum: ex bandicoot rat, Ceylon, Colombo District; L. imphalum sabahense: free larva on grass, Malaysia, Sabah State, Sook Keningau, 31 mile sign; L. chiangraiensis: ex Rattus losea, Thailand, Chiang Rai Province, Mae Chan District, Ban Pa Cook.

Hosts. RODENTIA: Apodemus agrarius, Bandicota indica, Berylmys bowersi, Mus caroli, Mus musculus, Rattus andamanensis, R. argentiventer, R. exulans, R. losea, R. nitidus, R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi; SORICOMORPHA: Crocidura attenuata, C. suaveolens, Suncus murinus; ERINACEOMORPHA: Hylomys suillus; SCANDENTIA: Dendrogale melanura, Tupaia glis; AVES: Aves gen. sp.

Distribution. Burma, Ceylon, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand.

Remarks. Holotype of L. imphalum was not found in BMNH and IMR by Tanskul & Linthicum (1999); I also did not find the holotype during my revision of the BMNH chigger collection in 2019 and MHNG chigger collection in 2018.