Schoengastiella (Audya) nasicola (Vercammen-Grandjean 1956)
- Dataset
- African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Trombidiformes
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Schoengastiella
- species
- Schoengastiella nasicola
materials_examined
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 1965 a). The specimens from IRSNB constitute third known sample of this species.