Schoutedenichia schoutedeni Vercammen-Grandjean 1953

• Main Author: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Trombiculidae; Schoutedenichia; Schoutedenichia schoutedeni; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4521452; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D487F37907FFA640BA9E08D362F867

Schoutedenichia schoutedeni Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953 Type material examined — larva holotype (RMCA 76183), No. 71052/2, from Arvicanthis abyssinicus (Rüppell) (Rodentia: Muridae), RWANDA, Butare (= Astrida), 2°36′S, 29°45′E, 7 Oct. 1952, collected by P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean; larva paratype #24 (RMCA 76188), No. 31052/52, from Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall) (Rodentia: Muridae) Dasymys (= bentleyae ), RWANDA, Butare, 3 Oct. 1952, collected by P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean. Additional material examined — 2 larvae (IRSNB) from nasal cavity of Rattus rattus (L.) (Rodentia: Muridae), RWANDA, Butare, Mar. 1955, collected by A. Fain. Remarks — This species was found on many hosts in Rwanda and Congo (Stekolnikov 2018). Here it is recorded on R. rattus for the first time. 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 page 279, DOI:10.24349/acarologia/20184240, http://zenodo.org/record/4502371