NO. 6 CHIGGER SUBGENUS GAHRLIEPIA — TRAUB AND MORROW 6/ 



Type material. — Unique holotype ex Tupaia glis, a tree shrew, 

 Malaya, Selangor, Ulu Gombak Forest Reserve, Pahang Road (about 

 i6 miles north of Kuala Lumpur — authors), August i8, 1948 (J. R. 

 Audy, for Colonial Office Medical Research Unit), Deposited in col- 

 lections of South Australia Museum, Adelaide. 



Records and comments. — The three specimens examined by us are 

 the first records since the original description and were also collected 

 by J. R. Audy about 10 miles from the type locality, at Ulu Langat 

 Forest Reserve. Two ex Rattus howersi, October 14, 195 1 ; one ex 

 Rattus sahaniis, September 6, 1951. All agree closely with Womer- 

 sley's figures and description. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) PHILIPI (Jadin and Vercammen-Grandjean, 



1952) 



Figure 186 



1952. Gateria philipi (Jadin and Vercammen-Grandjean), Ann. Soc. Beige 

 Med. Trop., vol. 33, 629-630; pi. 10, figs. A-F; pi. 17, fig. H; pi. 19, 

 fig. H. 



Diagnosis of larva. — Palpal formula, N/N/NNN. Coxal setal 

 formula, 1-1-2. Scutum: Nonornate; with one kind of punctae; with 

 6 usurped setae, of which PPL-2 are displaced somewhat mesad and 

 lie almost midway between the marginal PPL-i and PPL-j. Eyes 

 apparently absent. With 30 dorsal setae (excluding those on scutum) 

 arranged 2.2.4.6.6.4.4.2, with about 56 ventral setae. 



standard measurements in microns 



X a, o5^ a, ^, X11.C1 Coxa II SD ASB 



41 71 43 23 loi 38 34 18 42 ... 0.57 3-09 



Type material. — Ex Dasymys bentleyae Thomas, Belgian Congo : 

 Ruanda, Astrida, April 30, 1952. Holotype deposited in Museum of 

 Belgian Congo at Tervuren (only specimen known). 



Comment. — The remarks made for G. lawrencei also apply here. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) LAWRENCEI Jadin and Vercammen- 

 Grandjean, 1952 



Figure 187 



1952. Gahrliepia lawrencei Jadin and Vercammen-Grandjean, Ann. Soc. 

 Beige Med. Trop., vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 625-627, pi. 9, fig. A-E; pi, 17, 

 fig. G; pi. 19, fig. G. 



