Description of Goffacarus n. gen., to Reallocate the Species Euschoengastia latchmani Brennan and Yunker and Euschoengastia obscura Wrenn and Loomis (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae).
Chiggers
Ectoparasites
New genus
North America
Rodents
Journal
Acta parasitologica
ISSN: 1896-1851
Titre abrégé: Acta Parasitol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9301947
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
02
04
2021
accepted:
18
05
2021
pubmed:
28
5
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
27
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Euschoengastia Ewing is a chigger genus in need of revision as it historically has combined species solely on the presence of expanded prodorsal trichobothria. The objective of the present study is to describe a new genus to reallocate two North American Euschoengastia species, to start an organization into this genus. In this study, we provide drawings, measurements and microscopy images on a Microscope Zeiss for the two redescribed species. After examining the types of the species Euschoengastia latchmani Brennan and Yunker and Euschoengastia obscura Wrenn and Loomis, we realized that it was necessary to create the new genus to relocate these two species, mainly based on the following characters: (1) the number of prongs on the odontus; and (2) ornamentation of the prodorsal sclerite. Goffacarus latchmani n. comb. and Goffacarus obscura n. comb. are redescribed here and to reallocate these two species the genus, Goffacarus n. gen. is proposed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34041672
doi: 10.1007/s11686-021-00420-5
pii: 10.1007/s11686-021-00420-5
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1448-1457Subventions
Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2018/24667-8
Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2017/01416-7
Organisme : Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
ID : 2019/19853-0
Informations de copyright
© 2021. Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences.
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