A New Genus and Two New Species of Chigger Mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Laotian Rock-rat Laonastes Aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins (Rodentia: Diatomyidae)

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Journal Syst Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2014 Jan 8

PMID 24395573

Citations 2

Authors

Alexandr A Stekolnikov

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Abstract

A new chigger mite genus Laotrombicula n. g. and two new species, Laotrombicula khunboromi n. sp. (type-species) and L. fangumi n. sp., are described from the Laotian rock-rat Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins (Rodentia: Diatomyidae). The new genus is most similar to Trombiculindus Radford, 1948 and Leptotrombidium Nagayo, Miyagawa, Mitamura & Imamura, 1916 and differs from these genera by having the scutum of subhexagonal or semicircular shape vs widely rectangular; pinnatifid dorsocentral idiosomal setae vs foliaceous in Trombiculindus and unexpanded in Leptotrombidium; and by the presence of serrated longitudinal crests in the middle part of scutum.

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