A case of domestic goat parasitism by Neotrombicula heptneri (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) in Turkey

A.A. Stekolnikov, S. Kar

Acarologia, 55 (4): 355-359 (2015).

S U M M A R Y

A chigger mite Neotrombicula heptneri Kudryashova, 1973, which was originally described from three gerbillid species in Iran, is for the first time recorded in Turkey and on the domestic goat Capra hircus L. It is the second chigger species found infesting livestock in Turkey.