Helenicula scanloni Domrow and Nadchatram 1964 ...

• Main Authors: Kaluz, Stanislav, Hung, Nguyen Manh, Capek, Miroslav, Literak, Ivan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Prostigmata; Trombiculidae; Helenicula; Helenicula scanloni; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6085095; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6085095

Helenicula scanloni (Domrow and Nadchatram, 1964) Material examined. Location A: 2 larvae from Pellorneum ruficeps (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae), 1 February 2010. Distribution and hosts. In South Vietnam, Helenicula scanloni is reported to infest Tupaia sp. (Scandentia: Tapaiidae), Menetes sp. (Rodentia: Sciuridae), and Rattus sp. (Rodentia: Muridae); in Thailand, this chigger is reported to occur on birds Gallus gallus (Linnaeus) (Galliformes: Phasianidae), Centropus sinensis (Stephens) (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), Dicrurus hottentottus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Dicruridae), Pellorneum ruficeps, Pomatorhinus hypoleucos (Blyth) (Passeriformes: Timaliidae), and Hydrornis oatesi (Hume) (Passerifomes: Pittidae), as well as on mammalian hosts Tupaia glis (Scandentia: Tupaiidae), Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) (Rodentia: Muridae), and Prionailurus bengalensis (Kerr) (Carnivora: Felidae) (Nadchatram & Traub 1971). ... : Published as part of Kaluz, Stanislav, Hung, Nguyen Manh, Capek, Miroslav & Literak, Ivan, 2016, Two new species and new records of chiggers (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae) from birds in Vietnam, pp. 483-503 in Zootaxa 4061 (5) on page 496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/267719 ...