Neoschoengastia mirafra Radford, 1942

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 395, pp. 1-233 : 71

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scientific name	Neoschoengastia mirafra Radford, 1942
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Neoschoengastia mirafra Radford, 1942 View in CoL

Neoschoengastia mirafra Radford, 1942: 78 View in CoL , fig. 103.

Neoschoengastia mirafra View in CoL – Radford 1947: 593, figs 21–22. — Wharton & Fuller 1952: 85. — Brennan 1956: 650. — Zumpt 1961: 154.

Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) mirafra View in CoL – Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 125.

Holotype

BMNH 1946.12.18.5 .

Material revised

Holotype. Three specimens (Nos 92854 , 92856 and 92857 ) from RMCA, identified by Vercammen-Grandjean, not suitable for examination.

Distribution

Uganda (Katwe).

Host

Mirafra africana tropicalis .

Brennan J. M. 1956. Neoschoengastia moucheti, n. sp. and N. brennani Crossley and Loomis from Africa (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Journal of Parasitology 42 (6): 650 - 652. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3274885

Radford C. D. 1942. The larval Trombiculinae (Acarina: Trombidiidae) with descriptions of twelve new species. Parasitology 34 (1): 55 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000015997

Radford C. D. 1947. New larval mites (Acarina: Trombiculidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 116: 579 - 601. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1947. tb 00137. x

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.

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.

Abbreviations

RMCA	Belgium, Tervuren, Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale
RMCA	Royal Museum for Central Africa

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Taxonomy

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