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).