Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) rhabdomys ( Lawrence, 1951 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 68

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scientific name	Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) rhabdomys ( Lawrence, 1951 )
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Treatment

Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) rhabdomys ( Lawrence, 1951) View in CoL

Ascoschoengastia rhabdomyia Lawrence, 1951: 116 , fig. 16c.

Euschoengastia rhabdomyia – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 81. — Zumpt 1961: 162.

Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) rhabdomys View in CoL – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 86.

Herpetacarus (Herpetacarus) rhabdomiya – Vercammen-Grandjean 1966: 640, pl. F5.

Syntypes

NMSA 5391 .

Distribution

South Africa (Champagne Castle).

Hosts

Procavia capensis , Rhabdomys pumilio .

References

Lawrence R. F. 1951 a. New fur-mites from South African mammals. Annals of the Natal Museum 12 (1): 91 - 133.

Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1965 c. Trombiculinae of the World. Synopsis with Generic, Subgeneric, and Group Diagnoses (Acarina, Trombiculidae). George Williams Hooper Foundation, San Francisco.

Vercammen-Grandjean P. H. 1966. Revision of the genus Herpetacarus Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960 (Trombiculidae - Acarina). Acarologia 8 (4): 631 - 674.

Wharton G. W. & Fuller H. S. 1952. A manual of the chiggers. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 4: 1 - 185.

Zumpt F. (ed.) 1961. The arthropod parasites of vertebrates in Africa south of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Vol. 1: Chelicerata. Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research 11 (50): 1 - 457.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
SuperOrder	Acariformes
Order	Trombidiformes
Family	Trombiculidae
SubFamily	Trombiculinae
Tribe	Schoengastiini
Genus	Herpetacarus
SubGenus	Herpetacarus