Walchia (Walchia) disparunguis

• Main Authors: Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E., Lopatina, Y. V.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Trombiculidae; Walchia; Walchia disparunguis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/8403334; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8403334

* Walchia (Walchia) disparunguis (Oudemans, 1929) Material examined. Vietnam: Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên M ộc, Hòa Tân)— Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 18 larvae), Tây Ninh (Tân Biên district, Tân Bình)— Rattus type IV (October 2011, 1 larva). Distribution. Burma, Ceylon, Borneo, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam: Nghệ An (Phủ Quỳ)— Niviventer tenaster (= R. niviventer lotipes), Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus, R. f. molliculus), Quảng Trị (Vĩnh Linh)— Rattus exulans (Peale) (= R. r. concolor), Rattus losea (= R. r. exiguous), Rattus tanezumi (=R. f. molliculus, R. r. sladeni) (Schluger et al. 1960b; Grochovskaja 1967); Cao Bằng (Ba Bể), Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộc)— Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis), Rattus niviventer, Maxomys moi (= Rattus alticola) (Maxomys alticola (Thomas) is endemic species in North Borneo, in Vietnam Maxomys moi inhabits mountainous regions) (Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021). Hosts with no locality indicated: Rattus vinhlinh (?), Rattus rattus (= R. r. wrougthoni), Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. khyensis, R. r. tikos) (Schluger et al. 1960b; Grochovskaja 1967) Remarks. Examined speciemens differ from the description of W. (W.) disparunguis (Vercammen-Grandjean 1971) by the number of setae on legs coxa (fCx = 1-1-1 vs. 1-1-3). Published as part of Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E. & Lopatina, Y. V., 2023, New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam, pp. 271-306 in Zootaxa 5346 (3) on page 278, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8390149