A New Species of Chigger Mite (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Rodents in Southwest China.
- Author:
Tian Guang REN
1
;
Xian Guo GUO
;
Dao Chao JIN
;
Dian WU
;
Quinn E FLETCHER
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Gahrliepia cangshanensis; new species; chigger mite; Acari; Trombiculidae; China
- MeSH: Animal Structures/anatomy & histology; Animals; Arvicolinae/*parasitology; China; Ectoparasitic Infestations/parasitology/*veterinary; Microscopy; Murinae/*parasitology; Rodent Diseases/*parasitology; Rodentia/*parasitology; Trombiculidae/anatomy & histology/*classification
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2014;52(1):63-67
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- 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.
