Acarine Biodiversity in Ecuador: Two New Species of Endoparasitic Chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from Terrestrial Andean Anurans

Authors

Ricardo Guerrero, Universidad Central de VenezuelaFollow
Mario Humberto Yánez-Muñoz, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, EcuadorFollow

Date of this Version

9-18-2018

Document Type

Article

Citation

MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity (ISSN 2470-8224)

Occasional Papers, Number 9, September 18, 2018.

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/manter/9

doi: 10.13014/K2KD1W3Z

The archive of record for nomenclatural acts in this journal is the Internet Archive.

Comments

Copyright © 2018, Guerrero and Yánez-Muñoz. Open access license, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.

Abstract

Two species of endoparasitic chiggers, Vercammenia neotropica n. sp. and Microtrombicula ecuadorensis n. sp., are described, both found in terrestrial anurans of the genus Pristimantis collected in the Andes of Ecuador. A new combination is proposed for Trombicula yorkei Sambon, 1928 as Microtrombicula yorkei (Sambon, 1928) n. comb., and Schoengastia lynni Ewing, 1942 is placed as incertae sedis. This is the first record of species of the genus Vercammenia in the Neotropical region.

Resumen

Dos especies de ácaros endoparásitos, Vercammenia neotropica n. sp. y Microtrombicula ecuadorensis n. sp., son descritas, ambas encontradas en anuros terrestres del género Pristimantis recolectados en los Andes de Ecuador. Se propone una nueva combinación para Trombicula yorkei Sambon, 1928 como Microtrombicula yorkei (Sambon, 1928) n. comb., y Schoengastia lynni Ewing, 1942 se coloca como incertae sedis. Este es el primer descubrimiento de especies género Vercammenia en la Región Neotropical.