Eutrombicula batatas
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Eutrombicula batatas is a species of chigger
(trombiculid mite
).
Host species include:
Didelphimorphia
Chiroptera
Cetartiodactyla
Lagomorpha
Rodent
ia
Primates
Chigger
A chigger or harvest mite is a mite in the family Trombiculidae that lives in North American forests and grasslands.Chigger may also refer to:...
(trombiculid mite
Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
).
Host species include:
Didelphimorphia
Didelphimorphia
Opossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...
- Didelphis marsupialis in Venezuela
- Lutreolina crassicaudata in Venezuela
- Marmosa robinsoni in Venezuela
- Marmosops fuscatus in Venezuela
- Monodelphis brevicaudata in Venezuela
Chiroptera
- Micronycteris megalotis in Venezuela
- Noctilio albiventris in Venezuela
Cetartiodactyla
Cetartiodactyla
Cetartiodactyla is the clade in which whales and even-toed ungulates have currently been placed. The term was coined by merging the name for the two orders, Cetacea and Artiodactyla, into a single word. The term Cetartiodactyla reflects the idea that whales evolved within the artiodactyls...
- Odocoileus virginianus in GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha
The lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...
- Sylvilagus floridanus in Venezuela
Rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
ia
- Holochilus sciureus in Bolivia and Venezuela
- Makalata didelphoides in Bolivia
- Necromys lenguarum in Bolivia
- NectomysNectomysNectomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is closely related to Amphinectomys and was formerly considered congeneric with Sigmodontomys...
sp. in Venezuela - Oecomys sydandersoniOecomys sydandersoniOecomys sydandersoni is an arboreal species of rodent in the genus Oecomys. It lives in forest patches in a small area in eastern Bolivia. It is a medium-sized species, weighing about 45 g , with mostly grayish and brownish fur and short and broad hindfeet with well-developed pads.First...
in Bolivia - Oligoryzomys fulvescens in Venezuela
- Oligoryzomys microtis in Bolivia
- Oryzomys palustris in Florida
- Pattonomys semivillosus in Venezuela
- Proechimys semispinosus in Venezuela
- Rattus rattus in Florida and Venezuela
- Sigmodon alstoni in Venezuela
- Sigmodon hirsutus in Venezuela
- Sigmodon sp. in Veracruz
- Zygodontomys brevicauda in Panama and Venezuela
Primates
- Homo sapiens
Literature cited
- Brennan, J.M. 1970. Chiggers from the Bolivian-Brazilian border (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 56:807–812.
- Brennan, J.M. and Reed, J.T. 1974. The genus Eutrombicula in Venezuela (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 60(4):699–711.
- Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.
- Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico (subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37.
- Voss, R.S. 1991. An introduction to the neotropical muroid rodent genus Zygodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 210:1–113.
- Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.
- Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.