Blankaartia velascoi ( Boshell and Kerr, 1942 )

Bassini-Silva, Ricardo, Takatsu, Julia Carvalho, Bermúdez, Sergio E., Miranda, Roberto J., Welbourn, Cal, Ochoa, Ron, Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes & Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro, 2021, A checklist of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) of Panama, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 763-789 : 769

Blankaartia velascoi ( Boshell and Kerr, 1942) : 9

Type locality: Colombia, Meta Department, Restrepo ( Boshell and Kerr 1942). Type host: collected from the soil without host information. Type depository: USNM (syntypes) and NHMUK (syntypes). Panama records. This species was described from an adult by Boshell and Kerr (1942), but Michener (1946a) described the larva. This same author found larvae specimens of B. velascoi parasitizing thirty birds, Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) ( Caprimulgiformes : Trochilidae ), C. ani ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), Falco sparverius L.,

1758 ( Falconiformes : Falconidae ), G. gallus ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ), Habia gutturalis (Sclater, 1854) ( Passeriformes : Cardinalidae ), X. guttatus ( Passeriformes : Dendrocolaptidae ), A. holosericeus ( Passeriformes : Icteridae ), Setophaga sp. ( Passeriformes : Parulidae ), A. conirostris ( Passeriformes : Passerellidae ), Manacus vitellinus (Gould, 1843) ( Passeriformes : Pipridae ), T. doliatus , Myrmeciza longipes (Swainson, 1825) ( Passeriformes : Thamnophilidae ), Saltator albicollis Vieillot, 1817 , S. atriceps , S. corvina (= S. aurita ) ( Passeriformes : Thraupidae ), C. leucotis (= T. leucotis ), Cantorchilus modestus (= Thryothorus modestus ) (Cabanis, 1861), Troglodytes musculus (Naumann, 1823) ( Passeriformes : Troglodytidae ), Contopus cinereus (= Myiochanes cinereus ) (von Spix, 1825), Elaenia flavogaster (Thunberg, 1822) , Empidonax sp. , T. melancholicus , M. cayanensis , M. similis , M. ferox , Myiozetetes granadensis Lawrence, 1862 , Philohydor lictor (= Pitangus lictor ) (Lichtenstein, 1823) ( Passeriformes : Tyrannidae ), Pachysylvia aurantiifrons (= Hylophilus aurantiifrons ) (Lawrence, 1862) ( Passeriformes : Vireonidae ), Notharchus pectoralis (Gray, 1846) ( Piciformes : Bucconidae ), Melanerpes rubricapillus (= Centurus subelegans ) (Cabanis, 1862) ( Piciformes : Picidae ) and a rabbit, S. brasiliensis (= S. gabbi ) ( Lagomorpha : Leporidae ), in several localities of the Panama Province and Santa Rosa, Colón Province. Other records. Colombia ( Boshell and Kerr 1942).