Endotrombicula pillersi (Sambon, 1928) Schoengastia pillersi Sambon, 1928: 122, fig. 9. Schoengastia pillersi – Radford 1942: 67, fig. 51. — Thor & Willmann 1947: 306, fig. 365. — Lawrence 1949: 463. Endotrombicula (Endotrombicula) pillersi – Wharton & Fuller 1952: 72. Schoengastia (Endotrombicula) pillersi – Taufflieb 1960b: 224. — Zumpt 1961: 159. — Vercammen-Grandjean 1965c: 83. Endotrombicula pillersi – Spieler & Linsenmair 1999: 152, fig. 1. — Wohltmann et al. 2007: 226, fig. 1. Holotype BMNH (Wharton & Fuller 1952). Material revised One specimen (obviously holotype) from BMNH, without accession number, ex Phrynobatrachus natalensis, White Volta valley, Ashanti, labeled “ Schoengastia pillersi Sambon, 1923, larva”, slide marked by red ink. Distribution Ghana (Kumasi, Black Volta), Ivory Coast (Comoé National Park Research Station, Lamto, Taï National Park), Benin, Guinea (Pic de Fon, Diécké Classified Forest). Hosts Amietophrynus maculatus, Petropedetes natator, Phrynobatrachus natalensis (type host), P. acridoides, P. alleni, P. calcaratus, P. francisci, P. latifrons, P. phyllophilus, P. plicatus, P. tokba, P. villiersi.

Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of African chiggers (Acariformes, Trombiculidae), pp. 1-233 in European Journal of Taxonomy 395 on page 55, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.395, http://zenodo.org/record/3829724