Walchia (Walchia) disparunguis

• Main Authors: Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E., Lopatina, Y. V.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Trombiculidae; Walchia; Walchia disparunguis; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8403334; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/054A2900DB70FFE8FDB4B917FCC26C06

* 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