Ascoschoengastia Ewing, 1946

Stekolnikov, Alexandr & Daniel, Milan, 2012, 3216, Zootaxa 3216, pp. 1-104 : 74

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Genus Ascoschoengastia Ewing, 1946

Ascoschoengastia Ewing, 1946: 71 ; Vercammen-Grandjean 1968: 92; Kudryashova 1979: 71; 1998: 283; Fernandes & Kulkarni 2003: 330.

Type species: Neoschoengastia malayensis Gater, 1932 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. SIF = 6B-N-3(2)-3(2)111.1(0)000. Eyes 2 + 2, 1 + 1 or absent. Scutum quadrate, with anterolateral shoulders, its posterior margin slightly convex or concave; sensillary bases situated far anterior to level of PL setae. Sensilla clavate.

Hosts. Mammals, birds, reptiles. Postlarval stages of Ascoschoengastia are associated with trees (hollows or roots of epiphytes), therefore, its larvae parasitize mainly arboreal hosts.

Distribution. Worldwide, mainly in Indomalayan zone.

Species included. More than 50.

References

Ewing, H. E. (1946) Notes on the taxonomy of three genera of trombiculid mites (chigger mites), together with the description of a new genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 59, 69 - 72.

Fernandes S. J., S. & Kulkarni, S. M. (2003) Studies on the trombiculid mite fauna of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 212, 1 - 539.

Kudryashova, N. I. (1979) The contemporary state of study of trombiculid mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) of the USSR fauna. Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Zooparazitologiya, 5, 5 - 112. [In Russian]

Kudryashova, N. I. (1998) Chigger mites (Acariformes, Trombiculidae) of East Palaearctics. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 342 pp. [In Russian]

Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. (1968) The chigger mites of the Far East (Acarina: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Washington, D. C., 135 pp.