title: Chigger mites (Acarina: Leeuwenhoekiidae) from Cuba.
abstract: The present paper comprises a systematic survey of the chigger mites (Acarina: Leeuwenhoekiidae) collected from bats and bat guano in Cuban caves in 1965-1985. Wagenaaria similis is recorded for the first time in Cuba. The first hosts known for Ischnothrombium diploctenum are noted. Antrohoekia inexpectata, g.n., sp. n., a parasite of bats, is described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology and Systematics, Academy of Sciences of Cuba, La Habana.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Cruz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D003462:Cuba; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*