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On the Taxonomy of Chigger Mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) Parasitizing Birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the Description of a New Species

Sirikamon Koosakulnirand
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Praveena Rajasegaran
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Hadil Alkathiry
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Kittipong Chaisiri
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Philip Round
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Krairat Eiamampai
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Mohd Ahmad Khusaini
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Mohamad Fizl Sidq Ramij
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Sazaly Abubakar
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Zubaidah Ya'cob
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Alexandr Stekolnikov
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Benjamin Makepeace
Version 1 : Received: 11 September 2023 / Approved: 12 September 2023 / Online: 13 September 2023 (05:27:33 CEST)

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Koosakulnirand, S.; Rajasegaran, P.; Alkathiry, H.A.; Chaisiri, K.; Round, P.D.; Eiamampai, K.; Khusaini, M.K.S.A.; Ramji, M.F.S.; Abubakar, S.; Ya’cob, Z.; et al. On the Taxonomy of Chigger Mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) Parasitizing Birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the Description of a New Species. Acarologia 2023, 63, 1109–1138, doi:10.24349/yt89-g1ei. Koosakulnirand, S.; Rajasegaran, P.; Alkathiry, H.A.; Chaisiri, K.; Round, P.D.; Eiamampai, K.; Khusaini, M.K.S.A.; Ramji, M.F.S.; Abubakar, S.; Ya’cob, Z.; et al. On the Taxonomy of Chigger Mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) Parasitizing Birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the Description of a New Species. Acarologia 2023, 63, 1109–1138, doi:10.24349/yt89-g1ei.

Abstract

Chigger mites were collected from 65 bird species in different regions of Thailand and Malaysia. In total, 21 species were recorded. The previously unknown fauna of chiggers parasitizing shorebirds of Thailand included one new species, Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) ... n. sp. as well as Neacariscus (Neacariscus) pluvius (Wharton, 1945) previously recorded only in Oceania; Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) shiraii (Sasa, Kano & Obata, 1952) (known from Oceania and Japan); and Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) sulae (Oudemans, 1910) and Schoengastia archaea (Taufflieb, 1960), both described from West Africa. Toritrombicula kirhocephales Goff, 1982 described from Papua New Guinea was for the first time recorded in Asia (Thailand). Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920) and Helenicula comata (Womersley, 1952) were for the first time recorded in Thailand. Ascoschoengastia lorius (Gunther, 1939) was for the first time recorded in Malaysia. Finally, Ericotrombidium cosmetopode (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1971) described from free larvae, was for the first time recorded on a host (bird Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson); and Leptotrombidium miculum (Traub & Audy, 1954) was for the first time recorded on a bird host. New host species were recorded for the large part of the collected chigger species.

Keywords

chiggers; taxonomy; Southeast Asia; parasites of birds

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Parasitology

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