Eutrombicula batatas

Eutrombicula batatas is a species of chigger (trombiculid mite).

Host species include:

Didelphimorphia

• Didelphis marsupialis in Venezuela
• Lutreolina crassicaudata in Venezuela
• Marmosa robinsoni in Venezuela
• Marmosops fuscatus in Venezuela
• Monodelphis brevicaudata in Venezuela

Chiroptera

• Micronycteris megalotis in Venezuela
• Noctilio albiventris in Venezuela

Cetartiodactyla

• Odocoileus virginianus in Georgia

Lagomorpha

• Sylvilagus floridanus in Venezuela

Rodentia

• Holochilus sciureus in Bolivia and Venezuela

• Makalata didelphoides in Bolivia
• Necromys lenguarum in Bolivia
• Nectomys sp. in Venezuela
• Oecomys sydandersoni in Bolivia
• Oligoryzomys fulvescens in Venezuela
• Oligoryzomys microtis in Bolivia
• Oryzomys palustris in Florida
• Pattonomys semivillosus in Venezuela
• Proechimys semispinosus in Venezuela
• Rattus rattus in Florida and Venezuela
• Sigmodon alstoni in Venezuela
• Sigmodon hirsutus in Venezuela
• Sigmodon sp. in Veracruz
• Zygodontomys brevicauda in Panama and Venezuela

Primates

• Homo sapiens

References

Literature cited

• Brennan, J.M. 1970. Chiggers from the Bolivian-Brazilian border (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 56:807–812.
• Brennan, J.M. and Reed, J.T. 1974. The genus Eutrombicula in Venezuela (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 60(4):699–711.
• Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32.
• Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico (subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37.
• Voss, R.S. 1991. An introduction to the neotropical muroid rodent genus Zygodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 210:1–113.
• Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.
• Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.