Leptotrombidium alopeciatum Traub and Nadchatram, 1967

Antonovskaia, A. A., Balakirev, A. E. & Lopatina, Y. V., 2023, New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam, Zootaxa 5346 (3), pp. 271-306 : 287

* Leptotrombidium alopeciatum Traub and Nadchatram, 1967

Material examined. Vietnam: Đồng Nai (near Cát Tiên National Park)— Maxomys surifer , Tupaia belangeri (November 2014, 4 larvae), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy, Lâm Thǔy, Tân Lý)— Chiromyscus langbianis , Niviventer tenaster , Berylmys berdmorei , Berylmys bowersi , Niviventer mekongis , Tupaia belangeri , Niviventer tenaster , Bandicota indica , Rattus norvegicus , Rattus type IV, Leopoldamys herberti , Dremomys rufigenis (March 2017, 210 larvae), Thừa Thiên-Huḗ (Nam Đông, Thuong Long)— Chiromyscus chiropus (December 2019, 1 larva).

Distribution. Vietnam: Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộc (=Blao), October 1960)— Tupaia sp. , Rattus sp. , (HƯƠng Lâm, 1000 m, October 1960)— Tupaia sp. , Lâm Đồng, Di Linh (Djiring, 1000 м, October 1960)— Dremomys sp. ; Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộс); Song Trao (?); Lâm Đồng? (HƯƠng Lâm, Di Linh (Djiring)); Khanh Hoa? (Đại Lãnh); Kẻ La (?) (=Kẻ Lám, Nghệ An); Thái Đa, Tam La (?)— Tupaia sp. , Dremomys sp. , Hylomys sp. , Rattus sp. , 1 shrew (1000–1550 m) ( Traub & Nadchatram 1967; Stekolnikov 2021).

Remarks. Specimens collected in Quang Binh and Thừa Thiên-Huḗ provinces differ from the description of L. alopeciatum ( Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976; Stekolnikov 2013) in the arrangement of dorsal setae (8-6- 6-… or 8-4-6-… vs. 6-4-4-…).