Helenicula cf. simena (Hsu and Chen, 1957)

Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E. & Lopatina, Y. V., 2023, New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam, Zootaxa 5346 (3), pp. 271-306 : 284

* Helenicula cf. simena (Hsu and Chen, 1957)

Material examined. Vietnam: Tuyen Quang (near Na Hang)— Dremomys ornatus (April 2018, 1 larva), SƠn La (Muong Coi)— Bandicota sp. , Leopoldamys neilli (Marshall) ( AB, December 2011, 7 larvae).

Distribution. China, Thailand, Vietnam: Thái Nguyên — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus ), Crocidura attenuata ( Schluger et al. 1960c) ; Quảng Ninh (Cǻm Phả)— Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis modesta ) ( Grochovskaja 1967); Bắc Giang, Hòa Bình, Nghệ An, Bình Thuận, Gia Lai, Đắk Lắk, Lâm Đồng ( Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021). Hosts with no locality indicated: Gallus gallus dom ., Centropus sinensis (Stephens) , Lanius schach Linnaeus, Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson , Pomatorhinus hypoleucos tickelli (Blyth) , Dicrurus hottentotus Linnaeus , Hylomys suilius , Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis ), Macaca mulatta , Paguma larvata (Smith) , Prionodon pardicolor Hodgson , Dremomys pernyi , Menetes berdmorei , Bandicota savilei (= B. bengalensis ), Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. germaini ), Rattus andamanensis (= R. koratensis ) ( Chau et al. 2007).

Remarks. Examined specimens differ from the description of H. simena ( Li et al. 1997) by the shorter legs and longer scutal setae.