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Original Articles

Two new species of chiggers (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae and Trombiculidae) from bats (Chiroptera) collected in the Kanneliya forest reserve of Sri Lanka

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Pages 69-73 | Published online: 17 Mar 2009
 

Abstract

Ectoparasitic mites collected from three Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800) hosts (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) taken from bat habitats in the Kanneliya Forest Reserve of Sri Lanka has revealed the presence of two new species of chiggers, one in the genus Whartonia in the Leeuwenhoekiidae and one in the genus Chiroptella (Neosomia) in the Trombiculidae. Descriptions and remarks are presented.

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