Leptotrombidium imphalum Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2021, A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia, Zootaxa 4913 (1), pp. 1-163 : 118

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.