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Species of mite

Guntheria coorongensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Guntheria
Species: G. coorongensis
Binomial name
Guntheria coorongensis
(Hirst, 1929)
Synonyms

Schongastia coorongense
Neoschongastia coorongense
Schongastia ( Ascoschongastia) coorongense
Guntheria ( Derrickiella) coorongensis

Guntheria coorongensis is a species of mite in the family Trombiculidae, found from the tip of Cape York in Queensland to South Australia.

The genus was first described as Schoengastia coorongense by Hirst in 1929. The species epithet indicates that it comes from the Coorong.

The larva of these mites ('chiggers') when feeding embed themselves in host animals, and for human hosts, the resulting skin irritation has been known as 'tea-tree itch' or 'duck-shooters itch'. Host animals recorded include native rats and marsupials: (from Queensland): Antechinus stuartii, other Antechinus species, Rattus lutreolus lutreolus, R. sordidus sordidus, R. leucopus leucopus; (from Victoria), A. swainsonii and A. minimus; (from South Australia): R.fuscipes greyii. This mite has also been listed as a parasite of the Northern Quoll in the Northern Territory.

References

  1. ^ Southcott, R.V. (1997). "Ecology, life-history and morphometrics of the Australian chigger mite Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst) (Acarina: Trombiculidae)". Acarologia (in English and English). 38 (2): 127–139. ISSN 0044-586X. Wikidata Q110560901.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. "Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. Hirst, S. 1929. Note on the 'Tea-tree Itch-mite' (Trombicula hirsti, Sambon = T. pseudo-akamushi, Hatori?). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 3: 564-565
  5. ^ Robert Domrow (March 1978). "NEW RECORDS AND SPECIES OF CHIGGERS FROM AUSTRALASIA (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)". Austral Entomology. 17 (1): 75-90 . doi:10.1111/J.1440-6055.1978.TB01748.X. ISSN 1326-6756. Wikidata Q99975707.
  6. Southcott, R.V. (1996). "The ecology, life-history and morphometrics of the Australian chigger mite Eutrombicula samboni (Womersley) (Acarina: Trombiculidae)". Acarologia. 37 (4): 299–316. ISSN 0044-586X. Wikidata Q110552527.
  7. Meri Oakwood; David M. Spratt (2000). "Parasites of the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus (Marsupialia:Dasyuridae) in tropical savanna, Northern Territory". Australian Journal of Zoology. 48 (1): 79. doi:10.1071/ZO99056. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99954858.
Taxon identifiers
Guntheria coorongensis


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