Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) new to the fauna of Cuba, with the description of two new species.
Two new species of chigger mites, Hyponeoculta monocoxalae sp. n. from bats and reptiles, and Perares nudosetosus sp. n. from bats, are described. The first finding of larvae of Tectumpilosum negreai Feider, 1983 in nature is reported from a bat collected at the type locality, and the description of this species is emended. Four species, Perates monops (Brennan et Jones, 1960), Parasecia manueli (Brennan et Jones, 1960), Beamerella acutascuta Brennan, 1958, and Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch et Fauran, 1956), are recorded for the first time in Cuba and on new host species.
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Milan
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School of Public Health, Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education, Ruská 85, 100 05 Prague 10, Czech Republic.
Stekol'nikov
Alexandr A
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D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D003462:Cuba; D007076:Iguanas / Q000469:parasitology; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012104:Reptiles / Q000469:parasitology*; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*