2022•AcarologiaOpen access

A new genus and species of bat chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) from Kenya

Alexandr A. Stekolnikov

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A new genus and species of chigger mites, Minteracarus mombasa n. gen., n. sp., has been described from the heart-nosed bat, Cardioderma cor (Peters) (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) in Mombasa, Kenya. The description was based on the material identified as a new species of the genus Trombicula Berlese, 1905 by P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean, but remained undescribed until the present.

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Key concepts: Trombiculidae, Acariformes, Acari, Biology, Zoology, Genus