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

María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente; Alexandr A Stekolnikov; WEITZEL, THOMAS; Esperanza Beltrami; Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito; Katia Abarca; Gerardo Acosta-Jamett

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

WEITZEL, THOMAS

Facultad de Medicina Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo

Esperanza Beltrami

Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito

Katia Abarca

Gerardo Acosta-Jamett

Type

Resource Types::text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1093/jme/tjaa258

URL

https://investigadores.udd.cl/handle/123456789/5831

Abstract

AbstractThree 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.