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A New Genus and Species of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae) From Peru

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Author(s):
Bassini-Silva, Ricardo [1, 2] ; Huang-Bastos, Matheus [1, 2] ; OConnor, Barry M. [3] ; Klimov, Pavel [3] ; Welbourn, Cal [4] ; Ochoa, Ron [5] ; Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes [2, 6] ; Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro [1]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Butantan, Lab Especial Colecoes Zool, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo FMVZ USP, Dept Med Vet Prevent & Saude Anim, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Michigan, Museum Zool, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - USA
[4] Florida Dept Agr & Consumer Serv, Div Plant Ind, Florida State Collect Arthropods, Gainesville, FL - USA
[5] ARS, Systemat Entomol Lab, Dept Agr, Beltsville, MD - USA
[6] Fac Ciencias Agr & Vet UNESP, Dept Patol Reprod & Saude Unica, Jaboticabal, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Medical Entomology; v. 58, n. 3, p. 1166-1170, MAY 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

South American chiggers have historically been poorly studied, and this has continued into present times. Of the 33 genera in the family Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, only Odontacarus Ewing and Sasacarus Brennan \& Jones have been reported in Peru. Here, we describe a new genus, Peruacarus n. gen., and a new species, Peruacarus anthurium n. sp., parasitizing Koford's grass mouse, Akodon kofordi Myers \& Patton, in Peru. (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: 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