Schoengastia vandersandei (Oudemans 1905)
- 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
- Schoengastia
- species
- Schoengastia vandersandei
materials_examined
Type deposition. T. vandersandei: RMNH (lectotype; Fuller 1952), S. blestowei: CIH; S. blestowei var. megapodius: CIH. Type data. T. vandersandei: ex man, Dutch New Guinea (Indonesia, West Papua Province); S. blestowe i: ex man, Papua New Guinea, Sepik District, Suein River; S. blestowei var. megapodius: ex Megapodius reinwardt (syn. Megapodius duperreyi), Papua New Guinea, Sepik District, Suein River. Hosts. RODENTIA: Rattus exulans, R. leucopus, R. sordidus; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia glis; CARNIVORA: Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus; PERAMELEMORPHIA: Echymipera kalubu; PRIMATES: Homo sapiens; AVES: Megapodius reinwardt. Distribution. Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands. Remarks. Schoengastia yeomansi Gunther, 1938 (nomen nudum) was properly described as S. blestowei Gunther, 1939; this species should not be mixed with Neoschoengastia yeomansi Gunther, 1939 (syn. Neoschoengastia jamesi Gunther, 1938, nomen nudum).