A review of Chilean chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae), with the description of a new genus and ten new species
Author
Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Author
González-Acuña, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
1
1
43
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.1
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1175-5326
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Whartonacarus chaetosus
(
Brennan and Jones, 1961
)
,
comb. nov.
(Figs. 12–14)
Trombicula chaetosa
Brennan and Jones, 1961
: 193
, fig. 11 (
holotype
in USNM,
paratypes
originally in USNM and RML).
Toritrombicula (Whartonacarus) chaetosa,
Vercammen-Grandjean 1965a
: 59
.
Neacariscus (Whartonacarus) chaetosa,
Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston 1976
: 963
, pl. 278.
Diagnosis.
SIF = 7BS-N-2-3111.1000; fPp = B/N/NNN; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip =
1058– 1172
; fD = (4–7)H-(24–35)-(20–29)-(12–22)-(10–20)-…; DS = 92–122; VS = 70–97; NDV = 167–214. Eyes large, 2 + 2; scutum rectangular, densely covered with small puncta; sensilla flagelliform, nude, sometimes with inconspicuous cilia; all scutal and idiosomal setae pointed; microtarsala I (f1) distal to tarsala; 3 genualae I (two in proximal and one in distal half of genu); nude mastitarsala III. Standard measurements of material examined given in
Table 4
.
Hosts.
Microlophus peruvianus
(Lesson)
. New host:
Microlophus atacamensis
(Donoso-Barros)
.
Distribution.
Peru
, Piura Region. Here this species is recorded in
Chile
, Atacama Region for the first time.
Material examined.
Twenty seven specimens (
ZIN
collection Nos. 8222–8249) ex
Microlophus atacamensis
Nos.
19 and 20,
CHILE
: Atacama Region, Pan de Azúcar National Park,
2 and 5 April 2010
, coll. D. González- Acuña & S. Muñoz-Leal.
Remarks.
Given that the original description of this species is incomplete and its redescription made by
Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston (1976)
is hardly accessible, here we provide figures and measurements of our material (Figs. 12–14,
Table 4
).