Euschoengastia jamesoni (Brennan)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A. & Wrenn, William J., 2004, Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U. S. A., Zootaxa 647, pp. 1-20 : 3-4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.158298
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52622931-7DA7-4EF3-9AB9-47D8E47C9B4C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269590
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C2738789-7714-EC16-6D3C-F938FD2C55E6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Euschoengastia jamesoni (Brennan)
status

Treatment

Oconee Co., Sumter National Forest, 12 February 1981, ex Sorex fumeus , coll. E. Pivorun; Pickens Co., Sassafras Mountain, 11 March 2000, ex Blarina brevicauda , coll. C.I. Lewis; 30 September 1999, ex S. fumeus , coll. C.I. Lewis; Wotako Mountain, 7 November 2002, ex B. brevicauda , coll. K. Walters.

Euschoengastia jamesoni is a parasite of insectivores in the mountains of South Carolina. OConnor (1985) reported E. jamesoni from the ears of Sorex dispar Batchelder in Tennessee and Joy et al. (1973) reported it from B. brevicauda in West Virginia. We removed larval chiggers from the ears and body of both B. brevicauda and S. fumeus . The attachment sites were cupshaped lesions that surrounded the chiggers. Moore (1949) reported similar lesions on S. cinereus .