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Research Project: Plant Feeding Mite (Acari) Systematics

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae)

Author
item JACINAVICIUS, F. - NON ARS EMPLOYEE
item BASSINI-SILVA, R. - NON ARS EMPLOYEE
item MENDOZA-ROLDAN, J. - NON ARS EMPLOYEE
item ALMIR, R. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item WELBOURN, W. - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
item BARROS-BATTESTI, D. - SAO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY (UNESP)

Submitted to: ZooKeys
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/16/2018
Publication Date: 3/14/2018
Citation: Jacinavicius, F.C., Bassini-Silva, R., Mendoza-Roldan, J.A., Almir, R.P., Ochoa, R., Welbourn, W.C., Barros-Battesti, D.M. 2018. A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). ZooKeys. 743:1-41.

Interpretive Summary: There are hundreds species of chiggers in the world and all are parasites that feed on vertebrates including birds. This is a checklist of the chigger mites present in Brazil. These results are important to public health officials, animal protection officers, extension workers, agriculture scientists, entomologists and farmers.

Technical Abstract: A checklist of the family Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae is presented, containing 63 species in 30 genera of chiggers from 80 different hosts and 146 localities in Brazil. The type locality and depository are provided, including new locality and host records for the country.