A new species of Schoutedenichia Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1954 from Madagascar and a re-description of S. dutoiti (Radford, 1948) from South Africa (Acariformes: Trombiculidae)

Alexandr A Stekolnikov; Sharon E Kessler; Sonja Matthee; Alida F Hasiniaina; Ute Radespiel; Elke Zimmermann; Lance A Durden

doi:10.1007/s11230-019-09877-5

A new species of Schoutedenichia Jadin & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1954 from Madagascar and a re-description of S. dutoiti (Radford, 1948) from South Africa (Acariformes: Trombiculidae)

Syst Parasitol. 2019 Nov;96(8):703-713. doi: 10.1007/s11230-019-09877-5. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

Authors

Alexandr A Stekolnikov¹, Sharon E Kessler², Sonja Matthee³, Alida F Hasiniaina^{4

5}, Ute Radespiel⁵, Elke Zimmermann⁵, Lance A Durden⁶

Affiliations

¹ Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Alexandr.Stekolnikov@zin.ru.
² Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
³ Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
⁴ Faculté des Sciences, Université de Mahajanga, BP 652, Mahajanga, Madagascar.
⁵ Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559, Hannover, Germany.
⁶ Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30458, USA.

PMID: 31452131
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-019-09877-5

Abstract

A new chigger mite species, Schoutedenichia microcebi n. sp. is described from the grey mouse lemur Microcebus murinus (J.F. Miller) from Madagascar. The new species is closely related to S. dutoiti (Radford, 1948), a species described from a single specimen collected on a rodent in South Africa. Examination of the holotype and new material on S. dutoiti from South Africa enabled us to re-describe this species and provide new data on its hosts and geographical distribution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cheirogaleidae / parasitology*
Madagascar
Mice
South Africa
Species Specificity
Trombiculidae / classification*
Trombiculidae / physiology*