Endotrombicula pillersi ( Sambon, 1928 )

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Endotrombicula pillersi ( Sambon, 1928)

Schoengastia pillersi Sambon, 1928: 122 , fig. 9.

Schoengastia pillersi – Radford 1942: 67, fig. 51. — Thor & Willmann 1947: 306, fig. 365. — Lawrence

1949: 463. Endotrombicula (Endotrombicula) pillersi – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 72. Schoengastia (Endotrombicula) pillersi – Taufflieb 1960b: 224. — Zumpt 1961: 159. — Vercammen-

Grandjean 1965c: 83. Endotrombicula pillersi – Spieler & Linsenmair 1999: 152, fig. 1. — Wohltmann et al. 2007: 226, fig. 1.

Holotype

BMNH ( Wharton & Fuller 1952).

Material revised

One specimen (obviously holotype) from BMNH, without accession number, ex Phrynobatrachus natalensis , White Volta valley, Ashanti, labeled “ Schoengastia pillersi Sambon, 1923 , larva”, slide marked by red ink.

Distribution

Ghana (Kumasi, Black Volta), Ivory Coast (Comoé National Park Research Station, Lamto, Taï National Park), Benin, Guinea (Pic de Fon, Diécké Classified Forest).

Hosts

Amietophrynus maculatus , Petropedetes natator , Phrynobatrachus natalensis (type host), P. acridoides , P. alleni , P. calcaratus , P. francisci , P. latifrons , P. phyllophilus , P. plicatus , P. tokba , P. villiersi .