Evidence of co-parasitism between different species of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing cricetid rodents in Morro Grande Forest Reserve, São Paulo State, Brazil

Fernando de C. Jacinavicius; Rafaela L. Arbex; Darci Barros-Battesti; Ricardo Bassini-Silva

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec03043

Authors

Fernando de C. Jacinavicius Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5503-3120
Rafaela L. Arbex Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9683-1321
Darci Barros-Battesti Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8541-2252
Ricardo Bassini-Silva Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP/Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-4120

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03043

Keywords:

Trombiculids, ectoparasites, Neotropical region, Rodentia

Abstract

Chigger mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates and can even bite humans, causing lesions on their skins. The co-parasitism is gradually being reported for this family, and recent studies have highlighted this relationship worldwide. In Brazil, only some records of chigger species co-parasitizing rodents and lizards in the Pernambuco and Piauí States were done. The present study reports six co-parasitism situations in cricetid rodents collected in the Morro Grande Forest Reserve, Cotia Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil.

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