A New Genus of Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) from Bats in Jamaica

Bassini‐Silva, Ricardo; Huang-Bastos, Matheus; Welbourn, Cal; Ochoa, Ron; Barros‐Battesti, Darci Moraes; Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro

doi:10.1007/s11686-021-00336-0

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“…By the shape of scutum, Minteracarus is most similar to Myotrombicula (Perates) macrozota (Brennan & Jones, 1960), which has prominent, acute anterolateral shoulders, AM situated at level of ALs, and convex, rounded posterior scutal margin (Vercammen-Grandjean 1968). Tectumpilosum also has prominent shoulders and AM situated at level of ALs, but its posterior scutal margin is slightly concave (Daniel & Stekolnikov 2003a); Bramkeria has rather small shoulders, AM situated anterior to ALs, and concave posterior scutal margin (Bassini-Silva et al 2021). Sasatrombicula and Trombigastia have no shoulders (ALs are inserted in the scutal angles).…”

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A new genus and species of bat chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from Kenya

Stekolnikov

2022

Acarologia

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A new genus and species of bat chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from Kenya

Stekolnikov

2022

Acarologia

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“…More than 400 nominal species of chiggers have been reported as parasites of Chiroptera worldwide (Zajkowska et al 2018 ; Bassini-Silva et al 2021 ; Kalúz et al 2021 ; Ševčík et al 2021 ), but only two of them— Leptotrombidium russicum (Oudemans) and Oudemansidium musca (Oudemans)—have been recorded from bats in Poland (Moniuszko and Mąkol 2014 ). A roughly similar representation of bat-associated chiggers has been noted in other Central European countries, e.g., the Czech Republic [ L. russicum and O. musca but also Oudemansidium komareki (Daniel & Dusbábek), Neotrombicula autumnalis (Shaw) and Neotrombicula japonica (Tanaka et al)], Slovakia ( L. russicum , O. musca , O. komareki ), and Hungary ( L. russicum ) (Zajkowska et al 2018 ).…”

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Parasitism, seasonality, and diversity of trombiculid mites (Trombidiformes: Parasitengona, Trombiculidae) infesting bats (Chiroptera) in Poland

Zajkowska

Mąkol

2021

Exp Appl Acarol

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The study aims to ascertain the diversity of trombiculid species associated with Chiroptera in Poland, and for the first time in the case of research on Central European Trombiculidae, we use both DNA and morphology in an integrative taxonomic approach to determine species identities of trombiculids. The research was carried out from 2015 to 2019. In total, 2725 larvae were collected from 300 specimens of bats belonging to 11 species. Deutonymphs were obtained through laboratory rearing of larvae; few larvae and deutonymphs were collected also from bats' daily roosts. The presence of trombiculid larvae on hosts was observed between July and April of the following year, with the highest numbers recorded in autumn, during bat swarming. Male bats were infested more often than females (16.4 vs. 6.6%). The highest infestation rate was recorded for Barbastella barbastellus, Myotis nattereri and Plecotus auritus, and the highest prevalence of chiggers (> 30%) for Myotis bechsteinii and P. auritus. The larvae found on bats occupied the areas with free access to the host’s skin: auricles, tragus, and snout. Morphological identification of specimens to the species level was hindered by the mosaic distribution of diagnostic traits. Morphological analyses indicated the presence of Leptotrombidium russicum and Leptotrombidium spp. in the examined material, whereas molecular analyses additionally suggested three other potential species assigned to the same genus based on the assessed scope of intrageneric variation (ASAP method). We argue that the identification of the parasitic larvae (chiggers) using morphological characters does not address the question of actual species boundaries, which, in turn, affects the inferences about host specificity and host range.

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