A New Genus and Species of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae) from Peru
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2021-05-01
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Bassini-Silva, Ricardo
Huang-Bastos, Matheus
Oconnor, Barry M
Klimov, Pavel
Welbourn, Cal
Ochoa, Ron
Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes [UNESP]
De Castro Jacinavicius, Fernando
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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.
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chigger mite, ectoparasite, Peru, Rodentia, South America
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Journal of Medical Entomology, v. 58, n. 3, p. 1166-1170, 2021.