Neotrombicula anax Audy and Womersley, 1957

Neotrombicula anax Audy and Womersley, 1957: 363, figs. 6, 7; Womersley & Audy 1957: 267; Wen 1984b: 316; Li et al. 1997: 222, fig. 2-3-3; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 269, fig. 87; Chau et al. 2007: 81, fig. 38; Stekolnikov & Klimov 2010: 66.

Type deposition. SAM .

Type data. Ex rat, India, Kashmir, Grugurdu .

Hosts. RODENTIA: Alticola roylei, Apodemus flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, Leopoldamys sabanus, Mus musculus, Neodon juldaschi, Rattus pyctoris, R. rattus, R. tanezumi, Tatera indica; SCANDENTIA: Tupaia glis; LAGOMORPHA: Ochotona roylei; SORICOMORPHA: Suncus murinus; ERINACEOMORPHA: Hylomys suillus; AVES: Urocissa flavirostris .

Distribution. China, India, Vietnam.

Remarks. Apodemus sylvaticus was included in the list of hosts by Wen (1984b) obviously because of an inexact identification of some Asian species of Apodemus .