Ascoschoengastia indica
Creators: name: Antonovskaia, A. A.
name: Balakirev, A. E.
name: Lopatina, Y. V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Trombiculidae
Ascoschoengastia
Ascoschoengastia indica

description: * Ascoschoengastia indica (Hirst, 1915)
Material examined. Tây Ninh (Tân Biên, Tân Bình)— Rattus type IV, Bandicota savilei, Rattus exulans, Maxomys surifer (October 2011, 69 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, Hòa Tân)— Rattus norvegicus, Rattus type IV (October 2011, 3 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Xuyên Mộc, near Bình Chau—PhƯớc Bửu Nature Reserve)— Berylmys berdmorei, Leopoldamys herberti (= L. revertens) (November 2014, 12 larvae), Lâm Đồng (near Bi-Doup Núi Bà National Park)— Rattus andamanensis (November 2015, 2 larvae), Quảng Bình (Lệ Thủy, Lâm Thǔy)— Chiromyscus langbianis, Tupaia belangeri, Rattus type IV (March 2017, 130 larvae), Nghe An (Hoa Binh, near Pu Mat National Park)— Chiromyscus thomasi Balakirev et al., Callosciurus inornatus (April 2018, 8 larvae), Tuyen Quang (near Na Hang)— Leopoldamys edwardsi, Neotetracus sinensis (April 2018, 3 larvae), Thừa Thiên-Huḗ (Nam Đông, Khe Tre)— Chiromyscus langbianis (December 2019, 8 larvae), Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Con Son island)— Tupaia belangeri (ZMMU, June 2010, 5 larvae), Kiên Giang (ZMMU, Phu Quoc island, Duong Dong-Bai Thom road)— Rattus tanezumi (November 2003, 4 larvae).
Distribution. Australia, Burma, Ceylon, China, Guam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand (Stekolnikov 2021), Vietnam: Hanoi, Lào Cai, Nghệ An (Phủ Quỳ), Quảng Ninh (Cǻm Phả, Hòn Gai), Thanh Hóa — Rattus norvegicus, Rattus nitidus (= R. r. obsoletus), Rattus nitidus, Rattus ruficollis (?), Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) (= R. r. rufescens, R. r. wroughtoni), Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. khyensis, R. r. tikos), Rattus rattus (= R. r. alexandrinus), Mus musculus, Mus musculus urbanus (Schluger et al. 1960c); Thái Nguyên — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Crocidura attenuata, Qu ảng Ninh (Hà Lẫm) — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Quảng Ninh (Cǻm Phả)— Rattus norvegicus, Leopoldamys herberti (= R. sabanus heptneri), Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. sladeni), Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Tĩnh Túc (Cao Bằng) — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Hà Giang — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Lào Cai — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Quảng Trị (Vĩnh Linh) — Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus, R. r. sladeni), Rattus exulans (= R. r. concolor), Rattus norvegicus, Nghệ An (Phủ Quỳ) — Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis), Niviventer tenaster (= R. niviventer lotipes), Rattus argentiventer (Robinson and Kloss) (= R. hoxaensis), Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus, R. r. molliculus) (Grochovskaja 1967); “around Saigon ”— Rattus norvegicus, Rattus fulvescens?, Mus jersoni? (Audy 1956); Quang Tri (Thoukhe Tri Peak)— Rattus rattus, Bà R ịa-Vũng Tàu (Côn SƠn island, 0.3km W & 1.0km S of Airport, 20 m)— Rattus tanezumi (= R. r. germaini), Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu (Côn SƠn island, Nui Nha Ban, Nui Chua, 300m & 500m)— Niviventer mekongis (= R. niviventer condorensis), Quảng Nam (SƠn Trà peninsula, Hòa Vang)— Tupaia belangeri (= Tupaia glis) (Hadi & Carney 1977); SƠn La, Hà Giang, Thừa Thiên-Huḗ, Phú Yên, Bình Thuận (Sông Trao), Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Đắk Lắk (Buôn Ma Thuột), South Vietnam: Kẻ La (?), Xuân Phú, Kronpa (=Krong Pa) (Chau et al. 2007; Stekolnikov 2021). Hosts with no locality indicated: Gallus gallus dom., Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert), Hylopetes alboniger (Hodgson), Ptaurista elegans (Müller), Mus musculus, Rattus exulans, Rattus tanezumi (= R. flavipectus), Rattus norvegicus, Leopoldamys edwardsi (= R. edwardsi), Rattus andamanensis (= R. koratensis), Rattus nitidus, Niviventer niviventer (= R. niviventer), Niviventer cremoriventer (= Rattus cremoriventer), Rattus pyctoris (= Rattus rattoides) (Chau et al. 2007).
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 271-306 in Zootaxa 5346 (3) on page 281, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8390149