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Diagnosis of larva. — A nonscrobiculate species with 6 usurped 

 setae on the scutum. Palpal setal formula B/B/BNb. Palpal claw 

 3-pronged. Scutum somewhat pentagonal in shape by virtue of being 

 angled at level of PL. Sensillary bases with anteromedial ridges; 

 inserted almost midway between AL and PL. Scutum with uniform 

 micropunctations. With 38 dorsal setae arranged 2.4.6.6.8.8.4. With 

 approximately 62 ventral setae, of which the true ventrals are 30 to 32 

 microns in length ; postanals 60 microns. 



STANDARD MEASUREMENTS OF HOLOTYPE IN MICRONS 



to 

 Q, 



120 



Type material. — Holotype ex a shrew, Suncus caerulus fulvoci- 

 nereus (Anderson), India, Manipur, Imphal, March 8, 1945," 

 G. H. Q. (India) Field Typhus Research Team. Deposited in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) (B.M.N.H. No. 1948-2-3-16). 

 Lawrence (1947) adds "Kanglatongbi" to the locality data, and states 

 "appeared in brief period only, not recorded since July 1945. Not 

 common," indicating that more specimens may be extant. 



Comment. — G. lancearia was described from a single specimen 

 ex a mole, Talpa micrura Hodgson, from the type locality of G. croci- 

 dura, and, like the latter, was collected by the Field Typhus Research 

 Team. G. lancearia was considered to be distinctive by virtue of a 

 "lanceolate" sensilla, present only on one side. It is otherwise mor- 

 phologically indistinguishable from G. crocidura, as indicated by the 

 original descriptions and by the unpublished studies of Audy and of 

 Fuller. Careful study by Audy indicates that Radford was under- 

 standably misled by an artifact — the sensilla is collapsed on the medial 

 side and its short basal stem is twisted back. G. lancearia is hence 

 considered a synonym of G. crocidura. 



The above description, as well as those which follow, is based upon 

 the literature and upon manuscript notes and drawings prepared by 

 Dr. H. S. Fuller and Dr. J. R. Audy while independently studying 

 the types of the Gahrliepia species described by Radford in 1946. 



GAHRLIEPIA (GAHRLIEPIA) LONGIPILI (Radford, 1946) 



Figure 193 



1946. Gateria longipili Radford, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1 16, No. 2, p. 252, 

 figs. 9-10. 



11 Radford cites the month as May, but Audy, in litt., notes the month as 

 March. 



