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Research Project: Systematics of Acari and Hemiptera: Plant Pests, Predators, and Disease Vectors

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Description of Goffacarus n. gen., to reallocate the species Euschoengastia latchmani Brennan and Yunker, 1964 and Euschoengastia obscura Wrenn and Loomis, 1974 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae)

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. - UNIVERSIDAD DE SAO PAULO

Submitted to: Systematic and Applied Acarology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/18/2021
Publication Date: 5/28/2021
Citation: Bassini-Silva, R., Huang-Bastos, M., Welbourn, W., Ochoa, R., Barros-Battesti, D., Jacinavicius, F. 2021. Description of Goffacarus n. gen., to reallocate the species Euschoengastia latchmani Brennan and Yunker, 1964 and Euschoengastia obscura Wrenn and Loomis, 1974 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology. 66(4):1059-1068. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00420-5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-021-00420-5

Interpretive Summary: Chiggers are parasitic mites feeding on blood and carring diseases. This paper redescribed two North American species and proposed a new genus for them. This information is useful for people working with mites of medical and veterinary importance, quarantine and agriculture.

Technical Abstract: Euschoengastia Ewing is a chigger genus in need of revision as it historically has combined species solely on the presence of expanded prodorsal trichobothria. Two North American species, Euschoengastia latchmani Brennan and Yunker and Euschoengastia obscura Wrenn and Loomis, are redescribed here and a new genus Goffacarus n. gen. is proposed.