Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei (Acari: Trombiculidae): A New Bat Chigger Collected from Plecotus auritus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Japan, with Host and Distribution Records of the Genus Whartonia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-137

  Takahashi, Mamoru ^a   Takahashi, Hisae ^b   Kikuchi, Hirosato ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bat; chigger; Plecotus auritus; Trombiculidae; Whartonia (Fasctonia) natsumei n. sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; JAPAN; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; JAPAN; LARVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROMBICULIASIS; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; CHIROPTERA; PLECOTUS AURITUS; TROMBICULIDAE; TUNGA PENETRANS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33750966783     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/43.2.128     Document Type: Article

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