Taxonomic notes on Neoschoengastia esorhina Brennan, 1971 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), a chigger species from Brazil

Author(s)

Bassini-Silva, Ricardo ^{[1, 2]} ; Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro ^[1] ; Welbourn, Cal ^[3] ; Huang-Bastos, Matheus ^{[1, 2]} ; Ochoa, Ron ^[4] ; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes ^{[2, 5]}

Affiliation

^[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, FMVZ USP, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Florida Dept Agr & Consumer Serv, Div Plant Ind, Florida State Collect Arthropods, Gainesville, FL - USA

^[4] ARS, Systemat Entomol Lab, USDA, Beltsville, MD - USA

^[5] UNESP, Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet, Dept Patol Reprod & Saude Un, Jaboticabal - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY; v. 47, n. 2 FEB 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

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 esorhina based on the type series, also providing drawings of these types. This species is known only from the type series, which was collected in Ananindeua City, Para State, parasitizing Automolus infuscatus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/01416-7 - Chigger mites from Brazilian birds: morphological studies and investigation of the presence of pathogens
• Grantee: Ricardo Bassini Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 19/19853-0 - Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasites of vertebrates: morphological studies and investigation of the presence of Rickettsia spp
• Grantee: Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/24667-8 - Catalogue of types of the family Trombiculidae sensu lato (Acari: Trombidiformes) deposited in the national Chigger collection of the USNM and use of LT-SEM technique for a better interpretation of the morphological characters
• Grantee: Ricardo Bassini Silva
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate