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

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: A New Genus Proposal for the Species Euschoengastia chisosensis Wrenn, Baccus & Loomis, 1976 (TROMBIDIFORMES: TROMBICULIDAE)

Author
item BASSINI-SILVA, R. - Butantan Institute
item HUANG-BASTOS, MATHEUS - Butantan Institute
item TURCATEL, MAUREEN - Field Museum Natural History
item WELBOURN, W.C. - Florida Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services
item Ochoa, Ronald - Ron
item BARROS-BATTESTI, D.M. - Faculdade De Ciências Agrárias E Veterinárias De Jaboticabal-Unesp
item JACINAVICIUS, F.C. - Butantan Institute

Submitted to: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/22/2021
Publication Date: 4/13/2022
Citation: Bassini-Silva, R., Huang-Bastos, M., Turcatel, M., Welbourn, W., Ochoa, R., Barros-Battesti, D., Jacinavicius, F. 2022. A New Genus Proposal for the Species Euschoengastia chisosensis Wrenn, Baccus & Loomis, 1976 (TROMBIDIFORMES: TROMBICULIDAE). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 123(4):693-702. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.123.4.693.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.123.4.693

Interpretive Summary: Chiggers are important economic parasitic mites on vertebrate animals including humans. This paper proposed a new genus name for a chigger species parasitizing rodents in Texas, USA. This information is useful for people working with parasitic mites of medical and veterinary importance, quarantine, forest and agriculture ecosystems.

Technical Abstract: Euschoengastia Ewing, 1938 is found worldwide. In North America there are 60 described species. One species, Euschoengastia chisosensis Wrenn, Baccus and Loomis was collected parasitizing cricetid rodents in Texas, USA. In the present study, Jumanoliga n. gen. is proposed for this species.