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ALs and PLs. Sensillae missing. ALs and PLs coarsely pilose, more 

 so than are usurped setae. Dorsal setae long, stout, "coarsely pilose, 

 almost pectinate" arranged 2.4.4.4.6.4.2.4.2. Coxae i -setose. 



STANDARD MEASUREMENTS OF HOLOTYPE * IN MICRONS 



PW PW 

 SD ASB 

 0.37 2.8 



Type material. — Holotype ex the ear of Rattus mulleri validus 

 (Miller), Malaya, Selangor, Sungei Buloh. Deposited in British 

 Museum (Natural History). 



Comment. — This species is known only from the type and has not 

 been seen by us, 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) RUTILA Gater, 1932 



Figures 189-191 



1932. Gahrliepia rtitila Gater, Parasitol., vol. 24, No. 2, p. 165, fig. il. 



1938. Gateria rutila (Gater), Ewing, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 28, 



No. 6, p. 295. 

 1940. Gahrliepia rutila Gater, Gunther, Proc. Linn. Soc. 'New South Wales, 



vol. 65, Nos. 5-6, p. 481. 



1942. Gateria rutila (Gater), Radford, Parasitol., vol. 34, No. i, p. 67, fig. 50. 



1943. Gahrliepia rutila Gater, Womersley and HeasHp, Trans. Roy. Soc. South 



Australia, vol. 67, No. i, p. 138, pi. 12, fig. 8. 



1947. Gateria rutila (Gater), Sig Thor and Willmann, Trombidiidae, Das 



Tierreich, Lfg. 71b, pp. 339, 340, fig. 407- 



1948. Gateria rutila (Gater), Fuller, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 43, No. 4, 



p. no. 



1952. Gahrliepia (Gateria) rutila Gater, Womersley, Rec. South Australia Mus., 

 vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, pp. 308-309, pi. 83, figs. A-C. 



1952. Gateria rutila (Gater), Wharton and Fuller, Mem. Ent. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, No. 4, p. 94. 



1952. Gateria (?) rutila (Gater), Gunther, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 77, Nos. 1-2, p. 47. 



1952. Gateria rutila (Gater), Fuller, Zool. Verb., No. 18, p. 217. 



Diagnosis of larva. — Characterized by having 8 usurped setae on 

 the scutum; of these 3 pairs are submarginal and i pair submedial near 

 horizontal midline of scutum. Palpal formula apparently N/N/NNN. 

 Palpal claw 3-pronged. Eyes double. Scutum with micropunctations, 

 broadly tongue-shaped ; broadest slightly beyond PLs, posterior mar- 

 gin broadly rounded. Both AL and PL setae short, subequal. Sen- 

 sillae bases slightly nearer ALs than PLs; sensillae unknown. With 

 24 to 26 dorsal setae; usually arranged 2.2.2.6.4.4.4.2 (excluding 



