Eutrombicula batatas

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Order Trombidiformes Scientific name Eutrombicula batatas		Phylum Arthropoda Subclass Acari Family Trombiculidae Rank Species
Similar Trombicula, Neotrombicula, Opilioacariformes, Holothyrida, Leptotrombidium

Eutrombicula batatas is a species of chigger (trombiculid mite).

Host species include:

Didelphimorphia

Didelphis marsupialis in Venezuela

Lutreolina crassicaudata in Venezuela

Marmosa robinsoni in Venezuela

Marmosops fuscatus in Venezuela

Monodelphis brevicaudata in Venezuela

Chiroptera

Micronycteris megalotis in Venezuela

Noctilio albiventris in Venezuela

Cetartiodactyla

Odocoileus virginianus in Georgia

Lagomorpha

Sylvilagus floridanus in Venezuela

Rodentia

Holochilus sciureus in Bolivia and Venezuela

Makalata didelphoides in Bolivia

Necromys lenguarum in Bolivia

Nectomys sp. in Venezuela

Oecomys sydandersoni in Bolivia

Oligoryzomys fulvescens in Venezuela

Oligoryzomys microtis in Bolivia

Oryzomys palustris in Florida

Pattonomys semivillosus in Venezuela

Proechimys semispinosus in Venezuela

Rattus rattus in Florida and Venezuela

Sigmodon alstoni in Venezuela

Sigmodon hirsutus in Venezuela

Sigmodon sp. in Veracruz

Zygodontomys brevicauda in Panama and Venezuela

Primates

Homo sapiens

Literature cited

Brennan, J.M. 1970. Chiggers from the Bolivian-Brazilian border (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 56:807–812.

Brennan, J.M. and Reed, J.T. 1974. The genus Eutrombicula in Venezuela (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 60(4):699–711.

Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.

Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico (subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37.

Voss, R.S. 1991. An introduction to the neotropical muroid rodent genus Zygodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 210:1–113.

Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.

Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.

References

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