Takahashi Mamoru, Takahashi Hisae, Kikuchi Hirosato
Department of Anesthesiology, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, 350-0495 Japan.
J Med Entomol. 2006 Mar;43(2):128-37. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0128:wfnata]2.0.co;2.
We describe and illustrate a new bat chigger, Whartonia (Fascutonia) natsumei Takahashi, Takahashi & Kikuchi n. sp., ex. Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758), from Japan, and summarize the host and distribution records of the chiggers of the genus Whartonia Ewing, 1944. With the description of a new species here, the number of Whartonia species increases to 40 composed of 22 species from Asia, 14 from North and South America in addition to Central America, and four from Africa.
我们描述并展示了一种新的蝙蝠恙螨,即来自日本的耳蝠管恙螨(筒恙螨属)高桥恙螨,高桥和菊池新种,以耳蝠(林奈,1758年)为宿主,并总结了1944年尤因管恙螨属恙螨的宿主和分布记录。随着这里一个新物种的描述,管恙螨属物种的数量增加到40种,其中22种来自亚洲,除中美洲外,14种来自北美洲和南美洲,4种来自非洲。