Chigger mites (Acari: Trombiculidae) from wild birds in Costa Rica, with a description of three new species

A.A. Stekolnikov, I. Literák, M. Čapek and M. Havlíček

Folia Parasitologica, 54 (1): 59-67 (2007).

S U M M A R Y

Three new species of chigger mites, Eutrombicula costaricensis sp. n., E. passerinorum sp. n., and E. hectochaeta sp. n. are described from wild birds from Costa Rica. Two species, Eutrombicula pacae (Floch et Fauran, 1957) and Parasecia fundata (Brennan, 1969), are recorded for the first time in Costa Rica and on new host species. Data on the distribution of Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch et Fauran, 1956) in Costa Rica are also reported.