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

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Contribution to the taxonomy and host-relations of the genus Serratacarus Goff and Whitaker, 1984 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae)

Author
item JACINAVICIUS, F.C. - Butantan Institute
item HUANG-BASTOS, MATHEUS - Butantan Institute
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 BASSINI-SILVA, R. - Butantan Institute

Submitted to: Journal of Medical Entomology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/18/2021
Publication Date: 4/6/2021
Citation: Jacinavicius, F., Huang-Bastos, M., Welbourn, W., Ochoa, R., Barros-Battesti, D., Bassini-Silva, R. 2021. Contribution to the taxonomy and host-relations of the genus Serratacarus Goff and Whitaker, 1984 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. 20(10):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab041.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab041

Interpretive Summary: Chiggers are important economic parasitic mites on vertebrate animals including humans. This paper provide a review of the chigger mite genus associated to rodents in Brazil. Many chiggers are important carriers of diseases affecting rodents. This information is useful for people working with parasitic mites of medical and veterinary importance, quarantine, forest and agriculture ecosystems.

Technical Abstract: The genus Serratacarus Goff and Whitaker, 1984, currently includes only two species, Serratacarus dietzi Goff and Whitaker, 1994 and Serratacarus lasiurus Goff and Whitaker, 1994, which were recorded on cricetid rodents from natural reserve areas of Brazil. Here, we provide a review of the morphological characters for both species and synonymize of the species Trombewingia brasiliensis Goff and Gettinger, 1991 with S. lasiurus. Additionally, we provide new locality records for both species and the first record for S. dietzi on southeastern four-eyed opossum (Didelphimorphia).