Contributions to the fauna of reptilian chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae) from the Central Mediterranean, with a description of one new species

Alexandr A. Stekolnikov, Walter P. Pfliegler, Arnold Sciberras

International Journal of Acarology, 40 (8): 588-594 (2014).

S U M M A R Y

A new species of chigger mite, Lacertacarus sardiniensis sp. nov., is described from a lizard Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin) collected in Sardinia. One species, Ericotrombidium caucasicum (Schluger, 1967), previously known from Southern Russia and Southern Ukraine, is recorded for the first time on the lizards Podarcis filfolensis (Bedriaga) and Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz), and on Malta, Lipari Island and Alicudi Island (Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy).