Leptotrombidium scutellare (Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura, Tamiya and Tenjin 1921)
- Dataset
- A checklist of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Southeast Asia
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Leptotrombidium
- species
- Leptotrombidium scutellare
discussion
Hosts. RODENTIA: Apodemus agrarius, A. argenteus, A. chevrieri, A. draco, A. speciosus, Bandicota indica, Berylmys berdmorei, B. bowersi, Callosciurus caniceps, C. erythraeus, C. finlaysoni, Dremomys rufigenis, Eothenomys chinensis, E. melanogaster, E. miletus, Leopoldamys edwardsi, L. sabanus, Maxomys alticola, M. rajah, M. surifer, Menetes berdmorei, Microtus montebelli, Mus musculus, Myodes rufocanus, M. smithii, Niviventer confucianus, N. fulvescens, N. niviventer, Rattus andamanensis, R. losea, R. nitidus, R. norvegicus, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, Sciurus lis; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia belangeri chinensis, T. glis; SORICOMORPHA: Crocidura dsinezumi, Hylomys suillus pegunensis, Suncus murinus, Urotrichus talpoides; ERINACEOMORPHA: Hylomys suillus; LAGOMORPHA: Lepus brachyurus, Ochotona hyperborea; PRIMATES: Homo sapiens, Macaca mulatta; CARNIVORA: Arctogalidia trivirgata, Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus, Melogale personata, Mustela itatsi, M. sibirica, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus; ARTIODACTYLA: Capra hircus, Tragulus javanicus; AVES: Anthus hodgsoni, Bambusicola thoracicus, Chalcophaps indica, Cochoa purpurea, Francolinus pintadeanus, Myiomela leucura, Niltava sundara, Pellorneum ruficeps, P. tickelli, Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Stachyris nigriceps, Turdus celaenops, T. obscurus, Zoothera dauma.
discussion
Remarks. I follow here the opinion of Wen (1984 b) who referred to T. (L.) scutellaris var. basoglabrosis as a synonym of L. scutellare.
distribution
Distribution. China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.
materials_examined
Type deposition. T. scutellaris: Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Tokyo (lectotype); T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis: ZSM.
type_taxon
Type data. T. scutellaris: ex Microtus montebelli, Japan, Yamagata Prefecture, Yachi; T. scutellaris var. basoglabrosis: ex Rattus losea (syn. Rattus losea exiguus), China, Fujian Province, Fuzhou.