
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Domrow, R 
A1  - Lester, LN 
T1  - Chiggers of Australia (Acari : Trombiculidae): and annotated checklist, keys and bibliograpy
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series
JO  - Aust. J. Zoo. Supps.
Y1  - 1985
VL  - 33
IS  - 114
SP  - 1
EP  - 111
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS114 
N2  - The Australian Trombiculidae are reviewed. and keys and illustrations provided to enable separation of all 19 genera and 107 species recognized. Trombicula chiroptera Womersley and Guntheria lappacea (Womersley) are resurrected . New synonymy: Ascoschoengastia Ewing. 1946 = Eltonella Audy. 1956; Trombicula Berlese. 1905 = Womersleyna Vercammen-Grandjean. 1960; Phyllacarus Vercammen-Grandjean. 1967 is a prior available name for species previously assigned to Domrowana Vercammen-Grandjean &amp; Langston, 1971, Ophthalmophila Vercammen-Grandjean &amp; Langston, 1971 and Zyzomyacarus Goff, 1979; Neoschoengastia posekanyi Wharton &amp; Hardcastle, 1946 = N. rectangularis (Womersley, 1952) = N. struthidia Womersley, 1952; Guntheria quatuor Domrow, 1972 = G. weedunnarti Goff, 1980; and 10 species-group names of Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston (1971, 1976): G. coorongensis (Hirst, 1929) = G. waterhousei; G. wongabelensis (Womersley, 1952) = G. athertoni; G. queenslandica (Womersley, 1939) = G. podiana; G. shieldsi (Gunther, 1941) = G. davidleei; G. innisfailensis (Womersley &amp; Heaslip, 1943) = G. failensis; G. lappacea (Womersley, 1952) = G. menu; G. kallipygos (Gunther, 1939) = G. ditrichia = G. heterotrichia = G. cowanensis; Leptotrombidium deliense (Walch, 1922) = L. vanderghinstei australe. A host-parasite list follows a brief discussion of the origins of the Australian chigger fauna. Only Vercammenia, parasitic on frogs, shows possible Southern links. Parasites of reptiles and birds (e.g. Whartonacarus, Herpetacarus and Neoschoengastia) are derived from the Old World, though most genera are represented only by outliers. This is also true of most parasites of mammals, including bats (eg Helenicula, Schoutedenichia and Gahrliepia), and only in Eutrombicula, Neotrombicula and Guntheria have peculiarly Australian radiations occurred. 
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