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A Review of Chigger Mites (Trombiculidae) Associated with Lacerta spp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Caucasus and Adjacent Territory

Maria V. Orlova, Igor Vladimirovich Doronin, Marina A. Doronina, Nikolay V. Anisimov, Irina G. Dolgova

Abstract


Trombiculid mites are known as vectors of larvae of Ericotrombidium caucasicum Schluger, 1967, Lacertacarus latus Schluger et Vasilieva, 1977, and Schoengastia sp. chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) were collected from lizards Lacerta strigata and L. agilis (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Caucasus and adjacent territory (Iran). Our record of Ericotrombidium caucasicum in Azerbaijan is the first finding of the species in this country. Also, results of E. caucasicum on L. strigata and Lacertacarus latus on L. agilis are new host-parasite associations. Schoengastia sp. has been reported from L. strigata for the first time.

Keywords


Trombiculidae; Lacerta; Ericotrombidium; Lacertacarus; Multisetosa; Neotrombicula; Schoengastia; Caucasus

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-2-112-117

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