Paraguacarus santiagoensis Goff and Webb, 1989

Stekolnikov, Alexandr A. & González-Acuña, Daniel, 2015, A review of Chilean chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae), with the description of a new genus and ten new species, Zootaxa 3964 (1), pp. 1-43 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6120814
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scientific name	Paraguacarus santiagoensis Goff and Webb, 1989
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Paraguacarus santiagoensis Goff and Webb, 1989b: 93 , fig. 1 (holotype in USNM).

Diagnosis. SIF = 4B-B-3-1111.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fsp = 6.6.6; fCx = 2.1.1; fSt = 0.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip = 692; fD = 2H- 10-8-8-8 -6-4; DS = 46; VS = 24; NDV = 70. Cheliceral blade with 1 ventral and 5 dorsal teeth; scutum nearly trapezoidal, with nasus and slightly angulate posterior margin, with 2 AM, 2 AL, and 2 PL setae; SB situated slightly anterior to PLs; AM setae each with a long basal branch; onychotriches and tracheae absent.

Host. Octodon degus (Molina) .

Distribution. Chile, Metropolitan Region, Santiago Province.

Remarks. Described by a single specimen with sensilla lost.

References

Goff, M. L. & Webb, J. P. Jr. (1989 b) A new species of Paraguacarus (Acari: Trombiculidae) from a degu (Mammalia: Rodentia) collected in Chile. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 14, 93 - 94.