Chigger Mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Chiloé Island, Chile, With Descriptions of Two New Species and New Data on the Genus Herpetacarus

• Published in: Journal of Medical Entomology
• Main Authors: María Carolina Silva-de la Fuente, Alexandr A. Stekolnikov, Thomas Weitzel, Esperanza Beltrami, Constanza Martínez-Valdebenito, Katia Abarca, Gerardo Acosta-Jamett
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Entomological Society of America 2020
• Subjects: Acuña; Chiloé; Gonzalez; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa258

Three species of chigger mites are recorded in our collections from four species of cricetid rodents on Chiloé Island (southern Chile, Los Lagos Region), an area endemic to scrub typhus (Orientia sp.). Two species are described as new—Herpetacarus (Abonnencia) eloisae sp. nov. and Quadraseta chiloen...