Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean 1953
- Dataset
- Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Actinedida
- family
- Walchiidae
- genus
- Schoengastiella
- species
- Schoengastiella wansoni
biology_ecology
Hosts Crocidura sp., Pelomys fallax, Rattus rattus (type host). The first two records are added on the basis of material revised.
discussion
Remarks Described from a single specimen.
distribution
Distribution DR Congo (Bukavu). This species was also recorded in Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Aravan) on Crocidura suaveolens and Meriones libycus (Kudryashova 1998).
materials_examined
Holotype RMCA (not found). Material revised One specimen from RMCA (No. 82324), ex Pelomys fallax, collected 9 October 1953, designated as “ topotype 8 ”, labeled by the hand of Vercammen-Grandjean, not suitable for examination. One specimen from BMNH (1956.9.15.60), ex Crocidura sp., collected 22 February 1954, designated as “ topotype 25 ”.