ZooKeys (Mar 2018)

A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae)

  • Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius,
  • Ricardo Bassini-Silva,
  • Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan,
  • Almir Rogério Pepato,
  • Ronald Ochoa,
  • Cal Welbourn,
  • Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.743.22675
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 743
pp. 1 – 41

Abstract

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A checklist of the family Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae is presented, containing 63 species in 30 genera of chiggers from 80 different hosts and 146 localities in Brazil. The type locality and depository are provided, including new locality and host records for the country.