Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan

Original Papers

Redescription of seven species of eriophyoid mites from bamboo (Poaceae, Bambuseae) in Thailand

Ploychompoo KONVIPASRUANG, Angsumarn CHANDRAPATYA, Jr. J.W. AMRINE

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 67-94
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.67

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Seven species of eriophyoid mites previously described on bamboo plants in Thailand by Chandrapatya and Boczek are redescribed and/or reassigned. Phaicus is described as a new genus with Tegolopus [sic] bambusae ChannaBasavanna, 1966 designated as the type species and Abacarus panticis Keifer, 1977 and Aculodes ventricosae Chandrapatya, 1998 as synonyms. Aculus asperi (Chandrapatya and Boczek, 2002) is reassigned to Abacarus and redescribed. Abacarus klaengensis is a new name to replace Abacarus bambusae (Boczek, 1998) which is a junior homonym of Abacarus bambusae Kuang and Zhuo, 1987. Knorella blumeanae Xue and Zhang, 2009 is emended from Knorella blumcanae Xue and Zhang, 2009 due to misspelling of host plant. Neocatarhinus namtai is a new name to replace Neocatarhinus bambusae (Boczek, 1998), new combination,which is a junior homonym of Neocatarhinus bambusae Kuang and Hong, 1990. Kolacarus bambusae Boczek, 1998 and Knorella thailandica Hong, 1996, are redescribed. Males were described when found. Host lists and collecting data are corrected and new host plants with distribution have been added.

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Macrochelid mites (Acari: Gamasina: Macrochelidae) in the Philippines

Gen TAKAKU, Sri HARTINI, Dhian DWIBADRA, Leonila A. CORPUZ-RAROS

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 95-124
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.95

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Twenty one species of macrochelid mites belonging to the genera Glyptholaspis, Holo-staspella, and Macrocheles, were collected in the Philippines. Of these, 3 species were described as new to science, and 9 species were recorded from the Philippines for the first time. In total 23 species are known from the Philippines to date, including Holostaspella stenaspis Krantz, 1967 and Glyptholaspis cariasoi De Jesus and Rueda, 1990, which were not collected in this research.

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One new species of nasal mites of the genus Vitznyssus (Rhinonyssidae) from the Leningrad province, Russia

Ivan DIMOV, Manuel de ROJAS

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 125-130
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.125

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One new nasal mites of the genus Vitznyssus Castro, 1948 was described from European nightjar, genus Caprimulgus (Caprimulgidae), found in the Leningrad Province, Russia: Vitznyssus tsachevi n. sp. from Caprimulgus europaeus L.

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New Species of Scaptognathus (Acari, Halacaridae) from Okinawa, southern Japan

Hiroshi ABÉ

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 131-136
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.131

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A new species of the genus Scaptognathus is described from Okinawa under the name of Scaptognathus okinawensis sp. nov. This species is most related to S. kunzi which has been recorded from Hawaii and Great Barrier Reef, but distinguished from the latter by the round ocular plate, rounded anterior margin of posterodorsal plate, and smaller size of anterior sclerosum of tripartite genitoanal plate.

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One new species of the genus Sternostoma (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) from Cuculus canorus (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) from Leningrad Province, Russia

Ivan DIMOV, Wayne KNEE

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 137-142
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.137

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Birds are host to a wide assemblage of parasitic arthropods, including mites (Acari), lice (Phiraptera) and fleas (Siphonaptera). A new species of nasal mite, Sternostoma zini n. sp. (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae), collected from the Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) from Leningrad province, Russia, is described and illustrated. Sternostoma zini n. sp. is most similar to Sternostoma cuculorum Fain, 1956, which was also described from Cuculus canorus. These two species are distinguishable by several characteristics, such as the shape of the opisthosomal and genital shields, as well as opisthosomal and hypostomal chaetotaxy.

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Short Communication

Human Infestation by Amblyomma testudinarium (Acari: Ixodidae) in Malay Peninsula, Malaysia

Takeo YAMAUCHI, Ai TAKANO, Munetoshi MARUYAMA, Hiroki KAWABATA

2012 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 143-148
Published: November 25, 2012
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2300/acari.21.143

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A Japanese male repeatedly infested with Amblyomma testudinarium in Malaysia was reported. He visited to Ulu Gombak, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia on April and May 2007, and he recalled three times of tick bite during traveling. The first tick bite was by one nymph infested on the inner side of the brachium of the patient. After a few days, erythema with a diameter of 2 cm was found at the site of tick attachment. Pain of the site remained for 20 days. The second tick bite was by larvae infested on the skin surface of the abdomen, basal portion of the thigh, and scrotum of the patient. He felt a pain at the moment of tick infestation. The pain remained for 15 days. The third tick bite was by a larva, and the tick was found in the phyma of his back immediately after his return Japan.

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