First data on chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Saudi Arabia, with a description of four new species



Stekolnikov, Alexandr A, Al-Ghamdi, Samia Q, Alagaili, Abdulaziz N and Makepeace, Benjamin L ORCID: 0000-0002-6100-6727
(2019) First data on chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Saudi Arabia, with a description of four new species. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24 (10). pp. 1937-1963.

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Abstract

<jats:p>A collection of chigger mites from three species of rodents in the ꞌAsir Region of Saudi Arabia resulted in the finding of 19 species. Four new species are described: Schoutedenichia asirensis sp. nov., Schoutedenichia saudi sp. nov., Microtrombicula microscuta sp. nov., and Microtrombicula muhaylensis sp. nov. Fifteen species – Gahrliepia lawrencei Jadin and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952, Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs and Vercammen-Grandjean, Walchia parvula Schluger, Ascoschoengastia browni Taufflieb, Mouchet and Courtois, Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, Schoutedenichia thracica Kolebinova, Schoutedenichia zarudnyi Kudryashova, Ericotrombidium caucasicum (Schluger), Ericotrombidium galliardi (Vercammen-Grandjean and Taufflieb), Ericotrombidium kazeruni (Kudryashova), Microtrombicula centropi (Vercammen-Grandjean), Microtrombicula hoogstraali (Radford), Microtrombicula hyracis (Vercammen-Grandjean), Microtrombicula traubi (Muljarskaja and Verdieva), and Pentidionis agamae (André) – are for the first time recorded in Saudi Arabia and on new host species. Six of them are for the first time recorded outside their type localities and five were only known previously from the African continent.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: chiggers, taxonomy, Western Asia, Arabian Peninsula, parasites of rodents
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Nov 2019 10:01
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:20
DOI: 10.11158/saa.24.10.12
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3061819