Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species.
Three new species of chigger mites, Eutrombicula costaricensis sp. n., Eutrombicula passerinoruni sp. n., and Eutrombicula hectochaeta sp. n. are described from wild birds from Costa Rica. Two species, Eutrombicula pacae (Floch et Fauran, 1957) and Parasecia findata (Brennan, 1969), are recorded for the first time in Costa Rica and on new host species. Data on the distribution of Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch et Fauran, 1956) in Costa Rica are also reported.
Stekol'nikov
Alexandr A
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Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya 1, Saint-Petersburg 199034, Russia. acari@zin.ru
Literák
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Capek
Miroslav
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Havlćk
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D003364:Costa Rica; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*