| abstract | Seven new trombiculine chiggers are described as follows - Trombicula cooli n.sp. from a gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis, India; T. calva n.sp. from a bat, Thailand; T. koongi n.sp. from a bat, Megaderma spasma, Malaya; T. niehofi n.sp. rom bats, Hipposideros spp., Java; Euschöngastia thompsoni n.sp. from Rattus bowersi, Malaya; Gunterana taylorae n.sp. from Rattus assimilis, Australia; Schöngastia palmata n.sp. from a night-jar, Vietnam. |