Eutrombicula batatas is a species of chigger (trombiculid mite).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombiculidae |
| Genus: | Eutrombicula |
| Species: | E. batatas
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| Eutrombicula batatas | |
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Host species include:
- Didelphis marsupialis in Venezuela[1]
- Lutreolina crassicaudata in Venezuela[1]
- Marmosa robinsoni in Venezuela[1]
- Marmosops fuscatus in Venezuela[1]
- Monodelphis brevicaudata in Venezuela[1]
- Micronycteris megalotis in Venezuela[1]
- Noctilio albiventris in Venezuela[1]
- Sylvilagus floridanus in Venezuela[1]
- Holochilus sciureus in Bolivia[3] and Venezuela[1]
- Makalata didelphoides in Bolivia[4]
- Necromys lenguarum in Bolivia[4]
- Nectomys sp. in Venezuela[1]
- Oecomys sydandersoni in Bolivia[5]
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens in Venezuela[1]
- Oligoryzomys microtis in Bolivia[4]
- Oryzomys palustris in Florida[6]
- Pattonomys semivillosus in Venezuela[1]
- Proechimys semispinosus in Venezuela[1]
- Rattus rattus in Florida[6] and Venezuela[1]
- Sigmodon alstoni in Venezuela[1]
- Sigmodon hirsutus in Venezuela[1]
- Sigmodon sp. in Veracruz[7]
- Zygodontomys brevicauda in Panama and Venezuela[8]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Brennan and Reed, 1974, p. 710
- ^ Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 4
- ^ Brennan, 1970, p. 810
- ^ a b c Brennan, 1970, p. 811
- ^ Brennan, 1970, p. 811; see Carleton et al., 2009, for identity of the host
- ^ a b c Worth, 1950, p. 330
- ^ Estébanes-González and Cervantes, 2005, p. 29
- ^ Voss, 1991, table 29
Literature cited edit
- 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.
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