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Issue: Vol. 4092 No. 3: 17 Mar. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.8
Page range: 426–430
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A new genus and species of chigger mite (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) from Loxodontomys pikumche (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Chile

Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción. Av. Vicente Méndez #595, Chillán, Chile. Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Chillán, Chile.
Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Chillán, Chile.
Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción. Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile.
Departamento de Ciencias Pecuarias, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción. Av. Vicente Méndez #595, Chillán, Chile.
Acari Rodentia Cricetidae

Abstract

The family Trombiculidae is one of the most diverse and cosmopolitan (Walter et al. 2009). In Chile, the family Trombiculidae is represented by six genera associated with reptiles: Eutrombicula Ewing; Microtrombicula Ewing; Paratrombicula Goff & Whitaker; Whartonacarus (Brennan & Jones); Diaguitacarus Stekolnikov & González-Acuña and Proschoengastia Vercammen-Grandjean and two genera associated with rodents Chilacarus Webb, Bennett & Loomis and Poliremotus Brennan & Goff (Stekolnikov & González-Acuña 2015).

 

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