Korean J Parasitol.
2014 Feb;52(1):63-67. 10.3347/kjp.2014.52.1.63.
A New Species of Chigger Mite (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Rodents in Southwest China
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- 1Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University (The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region), Guiyang 550025, P. R. China. xianguoguo@yahoo.com, daochaojin@126.com
- 2Vector Laboratory, Institute of Pathogens and Vectors (Branch of Key Laboratory for Preventing and Controlling Plague of Yunnan Province), Dali University, Dali, Yunnan Province 671000, P.R. China.
- 3Departement de Biologie, Chimie et Geographie, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada.
- KMID: 1715673
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2014.52.1.63
Abstract
- This paper describes a new species of chigger mite (Acari: Trombiculidae), Gahrliepia cangshanensis n. sp., from rodents in southwest China. The specimens were collected from Yunnan red-backed voles, Eothenomys miletus (Thomas, 1914), and a Chinese white-bellied rat, Niviventer confucianus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) in Yunnan Province. The new species is unique mainly in its number of dorsal setae (n=21), and it has the following features: fT (formula of palpotarsus)=4B (B=branched), fp (formula of palpal seta)=B/N/N/N/B (N=naked), a broad tongue-shaped scutum with an almost straight posterior margin, and 17 PPLs (posterior posterolateral seta) with a length of 36-43 microm. This chigger mite may also infect other rodent hosts and may be distributed in other localities.
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