On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species
Issued Date
2023-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
0044586X
eISSN
21077207
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85179668559
Journal Title
Acarologia
Volume
63
Issue
4
Start Page
1109
End Page
1138
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Acarologia Vol.63 No.4 (2023) , 1109-1138
Suggested Citation
Koosakulnirand S., Rajasegaran P., Alkathiry H.A., Chaisiri K., Round P.D., Eiamampai K., Khusaini M.K.S.A., Ramji M.F.S., Abubakar S., Ya’cob Z., Stekolnikov A.A., Makepeace B.L. On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species. Acarologia Vol.63 No.4 (2023) , 1109-1138. 1138. doi:10.24349/yt89-g1ei Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/95539
Title
On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species
Author's Affiliation
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Universiti Malaya
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
University of Liverpool
Mahidol University
Kementerian Sumber Asli, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thailand Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Universiti Malaya
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
University of Liverpool
Mahidol University
Kementerian Sumber Asli, Alam Sekitar dan Perubahan Iklim
Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Corresponding Author(s)
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Chigger mites were collected from 65 bird species in different regions of Thailand and Malaysia. In total, 21 species were recorded. The previously unknown fauna of chiggers parasitizing shorebirds of Thailand included one new species, Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) andamanensis n. sp. as well as Neacariscus (Neacariscus) pluvius (Wharton, 1945) previously recorded only in Oceania; Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) shiraii (Sasa, Kano & Obata, 1952) (known from Oceania and Japan); and Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) sulae (Oudemans, 1910) and Schoengastia archaea (Taufflieb, 1960), both described from West Africa. Toritrombicula kirhocephales Goff, 1982 described from Papua New Guinea was for the first time recorded in Asia (Thailand). Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920) and Helenicula comata (Womersley, 1952) were for the first time recorded in Thailand. Ascoschoengastia lorius (Gunther, 1939) was for the first time recorded in Malaysia. Finally, Ericotrombidium cosmetopode (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston, 1971) described from free larvae, was for the first time recorded on a host (bird Pellorneum ruficeps Swainson); and Leptotrombidium miculum (Traub & Audy, 1954) was for the first time recorded on a bird host. New host species were recorded for a large part of the collected chigger species.