Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953

Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1953: 207, figs 1–7.

Gahrliepia (Schoengastiella) wansoni – Zumpt 1961: 173. — Taufflieb 1964: 460.

Holotype

RMCA (not found).

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 82324), ex Pelomys fallax, collected 9 October 1953, designated as “ topotype 8”, labeled by the hand of Vercammen-Grandjean, not suitable for examination . One specimen from BMNH (1956.9.15.60), ex Crocidura sp., collected 22 February 1954, designated as “ topotype 25”.

Distribution

DR Congo (Bukavu). This species was also recorded in Kyrgyzstan (Osh and Aravan) on Crocidura suaveolens and Meriones libycus (Kudryashova 1998) .

Hosts

Crocidura sp., Pelomys fallax, Rattus rattus (type host). The first two records are added on the basis of material revised.

Remarks

Described from a single specimen.