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A New Genus and Species of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae) from Peru
(2021-05-01)
South American chiggers have historically been poorly studied, and this has continued into present times. Of the 33 genera in the family Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, only Odontacarus Ewing and Sasacarus Brennan & Jones have ...
Taxonomic notes on Neoschoengastia esorhina Brennan, 1971 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), a chigger species from Brazil
(2021-01-01)
Neoschoengastia is a genus of chiggers that mainly parasitizes birds and is comprised of more than 70 described species widely distributed throughout the world. Here we improve the description of the species Neoschoengastia ...
A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and leeuwenhoekiidae)
(2018-01-01)
A checklist of the family Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae is presented, containing 63 species in 30 genera of chiggers from 80 different hosts and 146 localities in Brazil. The type locality and depository are provided, ...
A checklist of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) of Panama
(2021-01-01)
An updated checklist of chiggers from the family Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae is presented, with 81 species in 38 genera parasitizing different terrestrial vertebrate hosts in Panama. The depository for all Panamanian ...
A checklist of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) of Panama
(Acarologia-universite Paul Valery, 2021-10-01)
An updated checklist of chiggers from the family Trombiculidae and Lecuwenhockiidae is presented, with 81 species in 38 genera parasitizing different terrestrial vertebrate hosts in Panama. The depository for all Panamanian ...
A New Genus of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) from Bats in Jamaica
(2021-01-01)
Background: The Caribbean country Jamaica has only seven reported chigger species. Of these, one was recorded from bats. Methods: For the specimens examined in this study were provided drawings, measurements, and microscopy ...
New species of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) from the conservation unit parque nacional da serra das confusões, Brazil
(2021-01-01)
The Piauí State, Brazil, has never had its chigger fauna recorded. In this study, we examined chiggers collected on marsupials, rodents, and lizards from the conservation unit Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNSC). ...
Description of Parasecia Fernandae sp.N. (trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) and new records of chiggers from rodents in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
(2018-01-01)
In this article, we describe a new species of chiggers, Parasecia fernandae sp.n., and report the presence of Arisocerus hertigi (Brennan et Jones, 1964), Eutrombicula goeldii (Oudemans, 1910), Microtrombicula brachytrichia ...
First record of Eutrombicula tinami (Oudemans, 1910) (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing a cat in Brazil
(2021-01-01)
Chigger mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial tetrapods and can cause dermatitis in the host, known as trombiculiasis. In Brazil, there are 73 species of chiggers; however, cats never have recorded as a host in this ...