Host-Parasite Associations between Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) and Chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) — A Review and Checklist

2018/03/01 by Paula Zajkowska, Hanna Moniuszko, Joanna Mąkol
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Vector-borne infectious diseases #Viral Infections and Vectors

paper · doi:10.3161/00034541anz2018.68.1.006

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Abstract

The host-parasite associations between bats and chiggers are re-traced; the checklist of reported pair-wise combinations contains records originating from all zoogeographical regions. The data on parasitism of 397 nominal species of Trombiculidae (c. 12% of all species) on 301 bat species and subspecies (c. 30% of described species of Chiroptera), previously scattered around the literature, are compiled.

Citations

• The Genus Eutrombicula in Venezuela (Acarina: Trombiculidae)
• Keys to the Genera of Chiggers of the Western Hemisphere (Acarina: Trombiculidae)
• Desmodus rotundus

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