Blankaartia (Blankaartia) acuscutellaris (Walch 1922)
- Dataset
- Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Prostigmata
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Blankaartia
- species
- Blankaartia acuscutellaris
biology_ecology
Hosts Centropus senegalensis, Ixobrychus minutus, Laniarius sp., Philomachus pugnax, Potamogale velox.
distribution
Distribution Cameroon (Yaoundé, Ngaoundéré), Central African Republic (Soulemaka), Congo (Djoue River, Méya, Pointe-Noire). This species was described from Sumatra and later recorded from many Asian and European countries (Fuller 1952; Kudryashova 1983; Ripka & Stekolnikov 2006).
materials_examined
Holotype No data (Fuller 1952).