title: A Revised Checklist of Chigger Mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) From Thailand, with the Description of Three New Species.
abstract: Chigger mites of Thailand were studied on the basis of larvae collected from 19 small mammal species (17 species of Rodentia, 1 species of Erinaceomorpha, and 1 species of Scandentia) and revision of published data. Samples of 38 trombiculid species were collected from 11 provinces. Three new species were described: Trombiculindus kosapani sp. nov., Helenicula naresuani sp. nov., and Walchia chavali sp. nov. Ten species were recorded in Thailand for the first time: Leptotrombidium sialkotense Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976; Leptotrombidium subangulare Wen and Xiang, 1984; Leptotrombidium tenompaki Stekolnikov, 2013; Leptotrombidium turdicola Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976; Leptotrombidium yunlingense Yu, Yang, Zhang and Hu, 1981; Lorillatum hekouensis Yu, Chen and Lin, 1996; Helenicula pilosa (Abonnenc and Taufflieb, 1957); Gahrliepia xiaowoi Wen and Xiang, 1984; Walchia minuscuta Chen, 1978; and Walchia ventralis (Womersley, 1952). In all, 99 chigger mite species were considered; the presence of 93 species was established in Thailand by original data or properly documented records in the scientific literature. Evidence for 64 species records of 147 from a previous checklist of Thai chiggers (Tanskul 1993) remains unknown. Distribution of chigger species by geographical regions of Thailand is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Park IC2, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L35RF, United Kingdom; Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Kittipong.Chaisiri@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: Kittipong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaisiri
authors.forename: Alexandr A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Stekolnikov
authors.forename: Benjamin L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Makepeace
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D057189:Checklist; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D013785:Thailand; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*