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

Euschoengastia jamesoni (Brennan)

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 .