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KMID : 0425120140520010063
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2014 Volume.52 No. 1 p.63 ~ p.67
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A New Species of Chigger Mite (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Rodents in Southwest China
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Ren Tian-Guang
Guo Xian-Guo
Jin Dao-Chao
Wu Di-An
Fletcher Quinn E.
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Abstract
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This paper describes a new species of chigger mite (Acari: Trombiculidae), Gahrliepia cangshanensis n. sp., from rodents in southwest China. The specimens were collected from Yunnan red-backed voles, Eothenomys miletus (Thomas, 1914), and a Chinese white-bellied rat, Niviventer confucianus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) in Yunnan Province. The new species is unique mainly in its number of dorsal setae (n=21), and it has the following features: fT (formula of palpotarsus)=4B (B=branched), fp (formula of palpal seta)=B/N/N/N/B (N=naked), a broad tongue-shaped scutum with an almost straight posterior margin, and 17 PPLs (posterior posterolateral seta) with a length of 36-43 μm. This chigger mite may also infect other rodent hosts and may be distributed in other localities.
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KEYWORD
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Gahrliepia cangshanensis, new species, chigger mite, Acari, Trombiculidae, China
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