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Research Project: Plant Feeding Mite (Acari) Systematics

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: A new species of Elianella Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) from the insular Equatorial Guinea with a key for the species of the genus

Author
item BASSINI-SILVA, R. - Universidad De Sao Paulo
item HUANG-BASTOS, MATHEUS - Universidad De Sao Paulo
item WELBOURN, W.C. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item BARROS-BATTESTI, D.M. - Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)
item JACINAVICIUS, F.C. - Universidade De Sao Paulo

Submitted to: Systematic Parasitology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2021
Publication Date: 3/27/2021
Citation: Bassini-Silva, R., Huang-Bastos, M., Welbourn, W., Ochoa, R., Barros-Battesti, D., Jacinavicius, F. 2021. A new species of Elianella Vercammen-Grandjean, 1956 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) from the insular Equatorial Guinea with a key for the species of the genus. Systematic Parasitology. 66(3):1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00375-7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00375-7

Interpretive Summary: Chiggers are associated with many wild and domestic animals and could affect humans. This paper describes a new species of a chigger associated with an endemic mammal from Bioko Island, Africa. This NMNH museum record information is useful for people working with acari, domestic and wild animals, conservation, quarantine, agriculture and medical and veterinary fields.

Technical Abstract: Elianella, with only two species recorded, is one of 61 genera of chiggers reported to the Africa continent. In this study, we are describing a new species for Elianella collected from the Bioko Forest Shrew. This new species is the first chigger recorded to the Equatorial Guinea, on the west coast of Central Africa.