Chigger Mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Chiloé Island, Chile, With Descriptions of Two New Species and New Data on the Genus<i>Herpetacarus</i>

Journal
Journal of Medical Entomology
ISSN
0022-2585
1938-2928
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente
Alexandr A Stekolnikov
Esperanza Beltrami
Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito
Katia Abarca
Gerardo Acosta-Jamett
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85101946235
WoS ID
WOS:000637320200017
DOI
URL
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Three species of chigger mites are recorded in our collections from four species of cricetid rodents on Chiloé Island (southern Chile, Los Lagos Region), an area endemic to scrub typhus (Orientia sp.). Two species are described as new—Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) eloisae sp. nov. and Quadraseta chiloensis sp. nov. One species, Paratrombicula goffiStekolnikov and González-Acuña 2012, is for the first time recorded on a mammal host (one species of cricetid rodent), and its distribution is extended to the Los Lagos Region of Chile. The genus ProschoengastiaVercammen-Grandjean, 1967 is synonymized with the subgenus Herpetacarus (Abonnencia)Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960, and four new combinations are established: Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) herniosa (Brennan and Jones, 1961), comb. nov., Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) insolita (Brennan and Jones, 1961), comb. nov., Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) macrochaeta (Brennan and Jones, 1961), comb. nov., and Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) antarctica (Stekolnikov and Gonzalez-Acuña, 2015), comb. nov.</jats:p>
Cite this document
Silva-de La Fuente, M. C., Stekolnikov, A. A., Weitzel, T., Beltrami, E., Martínez-Valdebenito, C., Abarca, K., & Acosta-Jamett, G. (2021). Chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of chiloé island, chile, with descriptions of two new species and new data on the genus herpetacarus. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(2), 646-657. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa258
Project(s)
Subjects
chigger

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parasite

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rodent

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taxonomy

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south america

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animals

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biodiversity

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chile

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islands

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trombiculidae

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anatomy and histology

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animal

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biodiversity

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chile

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classification

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island (geological)

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trombiculidae