Revision of the genus Kymocta (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) with new records from Brazil

F.C. JACINAVICIUS; C. WELBOURN; R. OCHOA; D.M. BARROS-BATTESTI; R. BASSINI-SILVA

doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.131

Issue: Vol. 22: 30 Nov. 2022

Type: Proceedings Papers

Published: 2022-11-30

DOI: 10.11646/zoosymposia.22.1.131

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**Revision of the genus Kymocta (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) with new records from Brazil**

F.C. JACINAVICIUS⁺⁻
C. WELBOURN⁺⁻
R. OCHOA⁺⁻
D.M. BARROS-BATTESTI⁺⁻
R. BASSINI-SILVA⁺⁻

Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP; Brazil

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, National Insect and Mite Collection, Washington, D.C., USA

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA

Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil

Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP; Brazil, Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil

Chiggers endoparasites rodents marsupials neotropical

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Abstract

The neotropical genus Kymocta Yunker & Brennan, 1962 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) is currently represented by seven species parasitizing rodents and occasionally marsupials: Kymocta brasiliensis (Fonseca, 1935), Kymocta chironectes Brennan & Bronswijk, 1973, Kymocta faitkeni Brennan, 1968, Kymocta inca (Brennan & Jones, 1961), Kymocta lutui Goff, Whitaker & Dietz, 1983, Kymocta teratarsalis Yunker & Brennan, 1962, and Kymocta zulia Brennan & Bronswijk, 1973.

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