New species and new records of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Texas
1963 - Volume: 5 Issue: 3 pages: 371-383
Keywords
Acari
Trombiculidae
Nearctic region
Texas
new species
Pseudoschongastia
Euschongastia
Trombicula
ecology and habits
parasitism
Prostigmata
new hosts
Abstract
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.
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