A review of Chilean chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae), with the description of a new genus and ten new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., González-Acuña, Daniel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2015
• Subjects: chigger mites; larvae; fauna; systematics; Chile; South America; Acari; Magallanes; Valparaíso; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3964.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.1

A new genus and species of chigger mites, Diaguitacarus choapensis gen. et sp. nov., is described from four lizard species of the genus Liolaemus in Choapa Province of Chile. Eight new chigger species are described from lizards of the genera Liolaemus, Phymaturus (Squamata: Liolaemidae), and Microlo...