Ericotrombidium rodhaini ( Vercammen-Grandjean et Langston, 1976 )

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, African chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in the collection of Alex Fain, with a description of a new genus and three new species, Acarologia 58 (2), pp. 265-286 : 280-281

Ericotrombidium rodhaini ( Vercammen-Grandjean et Langston, 1976)

Material examined — 1 larva ( IRSNB) from Galago moholi A. Smith (= Galago senegalensis moholi ), SENEGAL, unknown locality, collected by A. Fain.

Remarks — This species was known only from its type series collected from Heliosciurus gambianus rhodesiae (Wroughton) ( Rodentia : Sciuridae ) in DR Congo (Bukama). Here it is recorded outside the type locality, in Senegal and on a primate host for the first time.