Walchia (Walchia) disparunguis (Oudemans 1929)
- Dataset
- New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Trombidiformes
- family
- Trombiculidae
- genus
- Walchia
- species
- Walchia disparunguis
discussion
Remarks. Examined speciemens differ from the description of W. (W.) disparunguis (Vercammen-Grandjean 1971) by the number of setae on legs coxa (fCx = 1 - 1 - 1 vs. 1 - 1 - 3).
distribution
Distribution. Burma, Ceylon, Borneo, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam: Ngh ệ An (Ph ủ Qu ỳ) — Niviventer tenaster (= R. niviventer lotipes), Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus, R. f. molliculus), Qu ảng Tr ị (Vĩnh Linh) — Rattus exulans (Peale) (= R. r. concolor), Rattus losea (= R. r. exiguous), Rattus tanezumi (= R. f. molliculus, R. r. sladeni) (Schluger et al. 1960 b; Grochovskaja 1967); Cao B ằng (Ba B ể), Kon Tum, Lâm Đ ồng (B ảo L ộc) — Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis), Rattus niviventer, Maxomys moi (= Rattus alticola) (Maxomys alticola (Thomas) is endemic species in North Borneo, in Vietnam Maxomys moi inhabits mountainous regions) (Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021). Hosts with no locality indicated: Rattus vinhlinh (?), Rattus rattus (= R. r. wrougthoni), Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. khyensis, R. r. tikos) (Schluger et al. 1960 b; Grochovskaja 1967)
materials_examined
Material examined. Vietnam: Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên M ộc, Hòa Tân) — Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 18 larvae), Tây Ninh (Tân Biên district, Tân Bình) — Rattus type IV (October 2011, 1 larva).