Brunehaldia brunehaldi (Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956)

Euschoengastia brunehaldi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956d: 83, pl. 3.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti Vercammen-Grandjean & Kolebinova, 1966: 434, figs 7–12.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) brunehaldi – Vercammen-Grandjean & Kolebinova 1966: 432, figs 1–6.

Brunehaldia brunehaldi – Kudryashova 1998: 291. — Stekolnikov & Daniel 2012: 75.

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 95 (nom. nud.). — Goff 1989: 95.

Holotype

Euschoengastia brunehaldi: RMCA (not found); Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti: USNM .

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 180.005) labeled as “ Euschoengastia brunehaldi ”, not designated as type, not suitable for examination . One paratype from BMNH (1956.9.15.1).

Distribution

Morocco (Oued Cherrat), Egypt (Saint Catherine’s Monastery). This species was also recorded in Turkey from four species of mice and voles (Stekolnikov & Daniel 2012).

Hosts

Acomys dimidiatus, Apodemus sylvaticus, Eliomys munbyanus .

Remarks

Euschoengastia (Brunehaldia) aegypti was synonymized with B. brunehaldi by Stekolnikov & Daniel (2012) as a result of morphometric studies.