title: Two new species and new records of chiggers (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae, <br />Trombiculidae) from birds in Vietnam.
abstract: A total of 12 chigger species (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) occurred on 7 bird species in Vietnam. Two new species, namely Neoschoengastia vietnamensis sp. nov. and Hypogastia stekolnikovi sp. nov. are described, figured and compared with similar species placed in relevant genera using differential diagnoses of related species. Figures and diagnosis of Leptotrombidium taiyuanense Tian and Wen, 1984 are added. Odontacarus audy (Radford, 1946), Leptotrombidium allosetum Wang, Liao and Lin, 1981, L. taiyuanense, Leptotrombidium hanseni Traub and Lakshana, 1966, Leptotrombidium kunshui Wen and Xiang, 1984, Leptotrombidium paradux Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976, Leptotrombidium turdicola Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976, Neotrombicula elegans Schluger, 1966 and Neoschoengastia longitar-salis Schluger and Belskaya, 1966 were recorded in Vietnam for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia; Email: stanislav.kaluz@savba.sk.
authors.forename: Stanislav K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kaluz
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), 18-Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam; Email: hung_iebr@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nguyen Manh
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Kvetna 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic;; Email: capek@ivb.cz.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capek
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackeho tr. 1, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic;; Email: literaki@vfu.cz.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Literak
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014323:Trombiculiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014324:Trombiculidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D014744:Vietnam