Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean 1953

• Main Author: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Actinedida; Walchiidae; Schoengastiella; Schoengastiella wansoni; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3849193; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3849193

Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953 Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953: 207, figs 1–7. Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) wansoni – Zumpt 1961: 173. — Taufflieb 1964: 460. Holotype RMCA (not found). Material revised One specimen from RMCA (No. 82324), ex Pelomys fallax, collected 9 October 1953, designated as “topotype 8”, labeled by the hand of Vercammen-Grandjean, not suitable for examination. One specimen from BMNH (1956.9.15.60), ex Crocidura sp., collected 22 February 1954, designated as “topotype 25”. Distribution DR Congo (Bukavu). This species was also recorded in Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Aravan) on Crocidura suaveolens and Meriones libycus (Kudryashova 1998). Hosts Crocidura sp., Pelomys fallax, Rattus rattus (type host). The first two records are added on the basis of material revised. Remarks Described from a single specimen. Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on pages 33-34, DOI:10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724