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NEOSCHONGASTIA TROUESSARTI (Oudemans) 



1910. Schongastia trouessarti Oudemans, Ent. Ber., vol. 3, no. 54, p. 87; 19J2, 

 Zool. Jahrb., Suppl 14, Heft 1, p. 65, fig. O. 



Type host. — Opossum {Didelphis opossum). 

 Type locality. — South Brazil. 



Genus ODONTACARUS Ewing 



1929. Odontacarus Ewing, Manual of external parasites, p. 188. 



In Odontacarus each chelicera is provided with a dorsal row ef 

 teeth ; in Trombicula with a single tooth. 



ODONTACARUS AUSTRALIS (Ewing) 



1929. Troinbicula australis Ewing, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, vol. 31, p. 10. 



Type host. — A lizard {Tropiduras peruvianus) . 

 Type locality. — Verrugas Canon, Lima, Peru. 



ODONTACARUS DENTATUS (Ewing) 



1925. Trombicula dentata Ewing, Amer. Journ. Trop. Med., vol. 5, p. 257, flg. 3. 

 Type host. — White-tailed deer {Odocoileus couesi ?). 

 Type locality. — Sonora, Tex. 



Genus TROMBICULA Berlese 



1905. TromWcula Beri-ese, Redia, vol. 2, p. 155 (no generic description) ; 1912, 

 Redia, vol. 8, p. 83.— 1915, Banks, U. S. Dept. Agr., Office of the Secretary, 

 Rep. 108 [Contr. from Bur. of Ent], p. 43. 



1916. Leptotromhidium Nagayo, Miyakawa, Mitamuba, and Imamura, Dobuts. 

 z. Tokyo, vol. 28, p. ?. 



1925. Neotrombicula Hikst (subgenus), Nature, vol. 116, p. 609. 



TROMBICULA ALLEEI Ewing 



1926. Trombicula alleei Ewing, Ent. News, vol. 37, p. 111. 

 Tijpe host. — None. 



Type locality. — Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. 

 Description based on adult form. Larva unknown. 



TROMBICULA BATATAS (Linnaeus) 



1758. Acarus Mtatas Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, Gen. 235, 

 No. 22, p. 617. — 1775, MiJiXER, Vollstandiges Natursystem, vol. 5, pt. 2, No. 

 25, p. 1055. 



1904. Pattata-luis van Stockum, Tijdschr. Kon. Nederlandsch Aardr.-kundig 

 Gen. 1904, Verslag. Saramacca-Exp., p. 22. 



1905. Thrombidium batatas Oudemans, Nova Guinea, 1903, vol. 5, p. 148. 

 1912. Gen.? batattis Oudemans, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. 14, Heft 1, p. 3. 



Type host.— Ci). 



Type locality. — Surinam. 



