Eutrombicula batatas ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Bassini-Silva, Ricardo, Takatsu, Julia Carvalho, Bermúdez, Sergio E., Miranda, Roberto J., Welbourn, Cal, Ochoa, Ron, Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes & Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro, 2021, A checklist of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) of Panama, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 763-789 : 772

Eutrombicula batatas ( Linnaeus, 1758) : 617

Type locality: Surinam ( Linnaeus 1758). Type host: unknown host. Type depository: NHMUK. Panama records. Ewing (1933) reported this species from a human in Aguas Buenas, Panama Province. Michener (1946a, b) found this species in the soil from localities in Panama and Colón Provinces. In Santa Rosa, Colón Province, he also found E. batatas on dogs and some farm animals, including goats, cattle and chickens. In addition, Michener (1946a, b) found E. batatas on an unidentified rat, a rabbit, S. brasiliensis (= S. gabbi ) ( Lagomorpha : Leporidae ), eight birds, Columbina talpacoti (= Chaemepelia rufipennis ) (Temminck, 1809) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ), C. ani , Tapera naevia (L., 1766) ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), A. cajaneus (= Aramides cajanea ) ( Gruiformes : Rallidae ), T. musculus ( Passeriformes : Troglodytidae ), C. cinereus (= M. cinereus ), T. melancholicus ( Passeriformes : Tyrannidae ) and E. caerulea (= F. caerulea ) ( Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae ). He also, reported human bites. Twenty years later, Brennan and Yunker (1966), reported this species from seven species of birds, Buteogallus urubitinga (= Hypomorphnus urubitinga ) (Gmelin, 1788) ( Accipitriformes : Accipitridae ), N. albicollis ( Caprimulgiformes : Caprimulgidae ), C. ani ( Cuculiformes : Cuculidae ), Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777) ( Falconiformes : Falconidae ), G. gallus ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ), C. mexicanus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ) and Myiozetetes sp. ( Passeriformes : Tyrannidae ), a cervid, Mazama americana (Erxleben, 1777) (Cetartiodactyla: Cervidae ), four rodents, H. hydrochaeris ( Rodentia : Caviidae ), S. hispidus , Reithrodontomys

sp., and Z. brevicauda ( Rodentia : Cricetidae ), and humans from Curundu, Gatún, Pacora and Tocumen, Panama City, Panama Province, Nuevo Emperador, West Panama Province, Almirante, Bocas del Toro Province, El Hato, Los Santos Province and Achiote, Colón Province ( Brennan and Yunker 1966). Other records. Argentina ( Brennan and Jones 1964), Brazil ( Ewing 1925a ; Bequaert 1926 ; Confalonieri and De Carvalho 1973 ; Confalonieri and Benez 1976 ; Faccini et al. 2017), Bolivia ( Brennan 1970a), Colombia ( Boshell and

Kerr 1942), Costa Rica ( Arnold 1970), Curaçao ( Brennan 1967), French Guiana ( Floch and Abonnenc 1941), Guatemala ( Brennan and Dalmat 1960), Jamaica ( Brennan 1953, 1967), Mexico ( Linnaeus 1758 ; Islas 1943 ; Loomis 1969; Estébanes-González and Cervantes 2005), Paraguay ( Goff and Whitaker 1984), Puerto Rico ( Ewing 1943), Surinam ( Linnaeus 1758 ;

van Thiel 1930 ; van Thiel and van Ommeren 1940; Brennan and Lukoschus 1971 ; Brennan and Bronswijk 1975), Trinidad and Tobago ( Brennan and Jones 1960), USA ( Ewing 1943 ; Wolfenbarger 1952 ; Brennan and White 1960 ; Bennett and Loomis 1980), Venezuela ( Brennan and Reed 1974, 1975).