TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - New species and new records of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Texas VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 371 EP - 383 PY - 1963 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Loomis, R.B. AU - Crossley, D.A., Jr. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3870 DA - 1963-07-01 KW - Acari KW - Trombiculidae KW - Nearctic region KW - Texas KW - new species KW - Pseudoschongastia KW - Euschongastia KW - Trombicula KW - ecology and habits KW - parasitism KW - Prostigmata KW - new hosts AB - Three new species of chiggers are described from Texas: Euschoengastia eadsi from rabbits, Trombicula breviseta from a mouse, Peromyscus eremicus (also from Mexico) and Trombicula texana from the bat Mormoops megalophylla. Additional records for 22 additional species of chiggers from reptiles, birds and mammals, include new state records for the following species: Leptotrombidium panamensis, Microtrombicula crossleyi, Neotrombicula whartoni, Odontacarus cayolargoensis, Odontacarus plumosus, Pseudoschoengastia audyi (also the first record for the United· States), Pseudoschoengastia jarneri and Whartonia whartoni. ER -