Description of Pseudoschoengastia petrolinensis n. sp. (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae), and new records of chiggers from northeastern Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T16:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-05-19 The species Pseudoschoengastia petrolinensis n. sp. is described and illustrated below from specimens discovered parasitizing a white-eared opossum, Dildelphis albiventris Lund (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), in Carneiros, Petrolina municipality, Pernambuco state, Brazil. In addition the species Eutrombicula spipi and Quadraseta falconensis are also new records to Brazil. The D. albiventris is a new host record to Eutrombicula batatas, E. spipi, Q. falconensis, and the state of Pernambuco is a new locality for all these species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:97650D6C-A920-402C-BA90-78B2AB9B6187. Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas Instituto Butantan Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal FMVZ-USP Colegiado de Medicina Veterinária Campus de Ciências Agrárias Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Florida State Collection of Arthropods Systematic Entomology Laboratory United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Departamento de Patologia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP Departamento de Patologia Veterinária Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP