A new species of chigger (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from Los Tuxtlas Tropical Biology Station, Veracruz, Mexico

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https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v30i2.7305

Keywords:

𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚, Mexican agouti, 𝐷𝑎𝑠𝑦𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎, Tropical Rainforest, ectoparasitic, Parasitengonina, tlalzahuate

Abstract

We describe a new species of chigger of the genus 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 Brennan and Jones, 1961 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Trombiculidae) parasitic on the Mexican agouti (𝐷𝑎𝑠𝑦𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎 Saussure, 1860) from Los Tuxtlas Tropical Biology Station, Veracruz, Mexico. The new species can be separated from other species in the genus for a combination of characters as: presence of 15 dorsal platelets without setae and separated from scutum, scutum lacking anteromedian protuberance, a pair of eyes on the scutum, a pair of sternal setae, two genualae I, one genuala II-III and coxae I-III with one B seta. An updated identification key for the species in the genus 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚 is included. This is the thirteenth species of 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑚, the first recorded for Mexico, and the first confirmed record of a Trombiculidae parasitizing 𝐷𝑎𝑠𝑦𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑎.

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2023-07-01

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Vol. 30 No. 2 (2023): Dugesiana

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