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

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