Schoutedenichia schoutedeni Vercammen-Grandjean 1953
- 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
- Schoutedenichia
- species
- Schoutedenichia schoutedeni
materials_examined
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.