A New Species of Schoutedenichia Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1954 from Madagascar and a Re-description of S. Dutoiti (Radford, 1948) from South Africa (Acariformes: Trombiculidae)

Overview

Journal Syst Parasitol

Specialty Parasitology

Date 2019 Aug 28

PMID 31452131

Citations 1

Authors

Alexandr A Stekolnikov

Sharon E Kessler

Sonja Matthee

Alida F Hasiniaina

Ute Radespiel

Elke Zimmermann

Lance A Durden

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Abstract

A new chigger mite species, Schoutedenichia microcebi n. sp. is described from the grey mouse lemur Microcebus murinus (J.F. Miller) from Madagascar. The new species is closely related to S. dutoiti (Radford, 1948), a species described from a single specimen collected on a rodent in South Africa. Examination of the holotype and new material on S. dutoiti from South Africa enabled us to re-describe this species and provide new data on its hosts and geographical distribution.

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