Open AccessFOUR NEW AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF NEOTROMBICULA HIRST AND GUNTHERIA WOMERSLEY (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)
Author(s) -
Domrow* R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00018.x
Subject(s) - trombiculidae , biology , acari , zoology , host (biology) , ecology
Illustrated descriptions are given for four Australian chiggers: Neotrombicula gemini sp. n. (host Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse) (Muridae), Victoria); Guntheria tessares sp. n. and G. daniae sp. n. (host R. fuscipes , Western Australia); and G. falx sp. n. (host Antechinus stuartii Macleay (Dasyuridae), Queensland).