Walchia (Walchia) micropelta ( Traub and Evans, 1957 )

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 : 280

* Walchia (Walchia) micropelta ( Traub and Evans, 1957)

Material examined. Tây Ninh (Tân Biên: Tân Lập, near Lò Gò-Xa Mát National Park)— Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 36 larvae), Tây Ninh (Tân Biên, Tân Bình)— Rattus type IV, Bandicota savilei (October 2011, 50 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, Bình Chau)— Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 51 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, near Bình Chau—PhƯớc Bửu Nature Reserve)— Leopoldamys herberti (= L. revertens ), Maxomys surifer (November 2014, 52 larvae), Thanh Hoa (Muong Lat, Pu Nhi)— Mus cooki (April 2019, 3 larvae), Thanh Hoa (Muong Lat, Pu Nhi, Noong)— Tamiops swinhoei (April 2019, 10 larvae), Thanh Hoa (Muong Lat, Pu Nhi, Hua Pu, Pong, Noong)— Rattus losea (April 2019, 45 larvae), Gia Lai (K’Bang, Buon Luoi)— Chiromyscus chiropus ( ZMMU, January 1988, 1 larva), Lang Son (Lam Dat, Hữu Liên Nature Reserve)— Niviventer lotipes ( AB, May 2012, 13 larvae).

Distribution. China, Thailand, Vietnam: Nghệ An (Phủ Quỳ)— Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus , R. f. molliculus), Lào Cai — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus ), Cao Bằng (Tĩnh Túc)— Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus ), Rattus nitidus ( Schluger et al. 1960b; Grochovskaja 1967); Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng (Bảo Lộc, Đạ Huoai), Ha Noi, SƠn La (Mộc Chau)— Rattus rattus , Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus ), Rattus nitidus , Leopoldamys edwardsi (= R. edwardsi ), Rattus andamanensis (= R. koratensis ) ( Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021).