The genus Perissopalla Brennan and White, 1960 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) in Brazil: Redescriptions, new localities, and host records with the first molecular data for the genus

Ricardo Bassini-Silva; Beatriz Rocha Almeida; Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius; Elizabete Captivo Lourenço; Cal Welbourn; Ronald Ochoa; Katia Maria Famadas; Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti

doi:10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101004

The genus Perissopalla Brennan and White, 1960 (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) in Brazil: Redescriptions, new localities, and host records with the first molecular data for the genus

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2024 Apr:49:101004. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101004. Epub 2024 Feb 24.

Authors

Ricardo Bassini-Silva¹, Beatriz Rocha Almeida², Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius³, Elizabete Captivo Lourenço⁴, Cal Welbourn⁵, Ronald Ochoa⁶, Katia Maria Famadas⁷, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti⁸

Affiliations

¹ Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory (VBBL), Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ricardo.bassini@gmail.com.
² Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory (VBBL), Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: beatriz.r.almeida@unesp.br.
³ Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: fcjacinavicius@gmail.com.
⁴ Laboratório de Ecologia de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: beteclouren1205@yahoo.com.br.
⁵ Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, National Insect and Mite Collection, Washington, D.C., USA. Electronic address: WelbournW@si.edu.
⁶ Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA,. Electronic address: ron.ochoa@usda.gov.
⁷ Laboratório de Artrópodes Parasitos, Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: famadas_km@hotmail.com.
⁸ Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory (VBBL), Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: barros.battesti@gmail.com.

PMID: 38462305
DOI: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101004

Abstract

The genus Perissopalla Brennan and White (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) is currently represented by ten species with three from Brazil: Perissopalla barticonycteris Brennan, Perissopalla ipeani Brennan, and Perissopalla tanycera Brennan. In the present study, these three species are redescribed and illustrated based on the types and additional non-type specimens. New host and locality records for P. ipeani and P. tanycera are included. Additionally, a partial sequence for the 18S rRNA gene for P. ipeani was provided.

Keywords: Bats; Chiggers; Ectoparasites; South America; Taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
Trombiculidae* / genetics

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 18S