Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920)

K, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, RajasegaranK, Praveena, Alkathiry K, Hadil A., ChaisiriK, Kittipong, RoundK, Philip D., Eiamampai, Krairat, Ahmad KhusainiK, Mohd K. S., RamjiK, Mohamad Fizl Sidq, AbubakarK, Sazaly, Ya’cobK, Zubaidah, Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A. & Makepeace K, Benjamin L., 2023, On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species, Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 1109-1138 : 1127

Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920)

Distribution and hosts — China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, ex 24 bird species and subspecies, and from two species of rats and a hare ( Stekolnikov 2021a). Here this species is for the first time reported from Thailand. Argusianus argus , Lophura rufa , and Polyplectron inopinatum are new hosts.

Material examined — Four larvae ( ZIN 17958 – 17961) ex one Gallus gallus domesticus , THAILAND, Nan province, Ban Huai Muang village, 19.139995°N, 100.718956°E, 23

December 2021, coll. S. Koosakulnirand; two larvae ( UM) ex one Argusianus argus and

14 larvae ex five Polyplectron malacense , MALAYSIA, Johor State, Jemaluang Wildlife Conservation Centre, 2.291356°N, 103.852966°E, 22 February 2022, coll. P. Rajasegaran;

11 larvae ( UM) ex five Gallus gallus domesticus , MALAYSIA, Johor State, Kota Tinggi plantation, 2.030233°N, 103.866035°E, 21 – 23 June 2022, coll. P. Rajasegaran; 24 larvae

( UM) ex two Lophura rufa (15), three Polyplectron inopinatum (8), and one Polyplectron malacense (1), MALAYSIA, Perak State, Sungkai Wildlife Conservation Centre, 4.064302°N, 101.366232°E, 9 January and 8 March 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran; nine larvae ( UM) ex seven Gallus gallus domesticus , MALAYSIA, Selangor State, Bestari Jaya village, 3.378008°N, 101.410224°E, 12 April 2021, coll. P. Rajasegaran.