Schoengastiella (Audya) nasicola

• Main Author: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Trombiculidae; Schoengastiella; Schoengastiella nasicola; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4521426; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D487F3790CFFAC40BA9F43D24DFE11

Schoengastiella (Audya) nasicola (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956) Type material examined — larva holotype (RMCA 82444), No. L:22154/A/1, from nasal cavity of Rattus rattus (L.) (= Rattus rattus frugivorus ) (Rodentia: Muridae), DR CONGO, Mbandaka (= Coq’ville), 0°02′52′′N, 18°15′21′′E, 22 Jan. 1954, collected by Ch. Lucasse; larva paratype (RMCA 82448), No. L:22154/A/32, with the same data. Additional material examined. 5 larvae (3 slides, IRSNB) from nasal cavity of Potamogale velox (Du Chaillu) (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae), DR CONGO, unknown locality, 1960, collected by W. Verheyen, mites collected by A. Fain. Remarks — This species was also recorded on P. velox in Angola (Dundo) (Taufflieb 1965a). The specimens from IRSNB constitute third known sample of this species. Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, pp. 265-286 in Acarologia 58 (2) on pages 268-269, DOI:10.24349/acarologia/20184240, http://zenodo.org/record/4502371