Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei (Acari: Trombiculidae): A New Bat Chigger Collected from Plecotus auritus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Japan, with Host and Distribution Records of the Genus Whartonia

Mamoru Takahashi; Hisae Takahashi; Hirosato Kikuchi; Mamoru Takahashi

doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0128:WFNATA]2.0.CO;2

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1 March 2006 Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei (Acari: Trombiculidae): A New Bat Chigger Collected from Plecotus auritus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Japan, with Host and Distribution Records of the Genus Whartonia

Mamoru Takahashi, Hisae Takahashi, Hirosato Kikuchi, Mamoru Takahashi

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J. of Medical Entomology, 43(2):128-137 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0128:WFNATA]2.0.CO;2

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We describe and illustrate a new bat chigger, Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei Takahashi, Takahashi & Kikuchi n. sp., ex. Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758), from Japan, and summarize the host and distribution records of the chiggers of the genus Whartonia Ewing, 1944. With the description of a new species here, the number of Whartonia species increases to 40 composed of 22 species from Asia, 14 from North and South America in addition to Central America, and four from Africa.

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Mamoru Takahashi, Hisae Takahashi, Hirosato Kikuchi, and Mamoru Takahashi "Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei (Acari: Trombiculidae): A New Bat Chigger Collected from Plecotus auritus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Japan, with Host and Distribution Records of the Genus Whartonia," Journal of Medical Entomology 43(2), 128-137, (1 March 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0128:WFNATA]2.0.CO;2

Received: 9 September 2005; Accepted: 7 November 2005; Published: 1 March 2006

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