Gahrliepia nana (Oudemans, 1910)

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Gahrliepia nana (Oudemans, 1910)

Typhlothrombium nanus Oudemans, 1910b: 105 .

Typhlothrombium nanus – Oudemans 1912: 83, fig. U.

Gahrliepia nanus – Radford 1942: 64, fig. 33. — Thor & Willmann 1947: 333, fig. 398. — Lawrence 1951 a: 117. — Fuller 1952: 213. — Traub & Morrow 1955: 52, figs 151–158.

Gahrliepia nana – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 93.

Gahrliepia (Gahrliepia) nana – Zumpt 1961: 174. — Taufflieb 1965 b: 512.

Holotype

Private collection of Trägårdh, Stockholm ( Oudemans 1912), lost ( Fuller 1952), RMNH ( Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Material revised

One specimen from RMCA (No. 74229), labeled as “ Gahrliepia nanus ” by the hand of Radford, not suitable for examination.

Distribution

South Africa (Durban, Johannesburg), Sierra Leone (Wellington). The last record is added on the basis of material revised.

Hosts

Cryptomys hottentotus , Hipposideros caffer (type host), Mastomys erythroleucus , Micaelamys namaquensis .