Schoengastiella caeca Andre 1951
- 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 caeca
biology_ecology
Hosts Aethomys sp., Crocidura olivieri occidentalis, Deomys ferrugineus, Mastomys natalensis, Mus (Nannomys) sp., Mylomys dybowskii, Oenomys hypoxanthus, Potamogale velox, Rattus rattus, Taterillus emini (type host).
distribution
Distribution Central African Republic (Sibut, Bangui, Soulemaka), Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo (Libenge), Uganda (Buhugu), Angola (Dundo).
materials_examined
Holotype MNHN (Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1978).
Name
- Homonyms
- Schoengastiella caeca Andre 1951