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Guntheria coorongensis

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Guntheria coorongensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Guntheria
Species:
G. coorongensis
Binomial name
Guntheria coorongensis
(Hirst, 1929)
Synonyms[1]

Schongastia coorongense
Neoschongastia coorongense
Schongastia ( Ascoschongastia) coorongense
Guntheria ( Derrickiella) coorongensis

Guntheria coorongensis is a species of mite in the family Trombiculidae,[2] found from the tip of Cape York in Queensland to South Australia.[3]

The genus was first described as Schoengastia coorongense by Hirst in 1929.[2][4] The species epithet indicates that it comes from the Coorong.

The larva of these mites ('chiggers') when feeding embed themselves in host animals,[5] and for human hosts, the resulting skin irritation has been known as 'tea-tree itch' or 'duck-shooters itch'.[6] Host animals recorded include native rats and marsupials: (from Queensland):[5] Antechinus stuartii, other Antechinus species, Rattus lutreolus lutreolus, R. sordidus sordidus, R. leucopus leucopus; (from Victoria),[5] A. swainsonii and A. minimus; (from South Australia):[1] R.fuscipes greyii. This mite has also been listed as a parasite of the Northern Quoll in the Northern Territory.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Southcott, R.V. (1997). "Ecology, life-history and morphometrics of the Australian chigger mite Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst) (Acarina: Trombiculidae)". Acarologia (in English and English). 38 (2): 127–139. ISSN 0044-586X. Wikidata Q110560901.
  2. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Hirst, S. 1929. Note on the 'Tea-tree Itch-mite' (Trombicula hirsti, Sambon = T. pseudo-akamushi, Hatori?). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 3: 564-565
  5. ^ a b c Robert Domrow (March 1978). "NEW RECORDS AND SPECIES OF CHIGGERS FROM AUSTRALASIA (ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE)". Austral Entomology. 17 (1): 75-90 [78]. doi:10.1111/J.1440-6055.1978.TB01748.X. ISSN 1326-6756. Wikidata Q99975707.
  6. ^ Southcott, R.V. (1996). "The ecology, life-history and morphometrics of the Australian chigger mite Eutrombicula samboni (Womersley) (Acarina: Trombiculidae)". Acarologia. 37 (4): 299–316. ISSN 0044-586X. Wikidata Q110552527.
  7. ^ Meri Oakwood; David M. Spratt (2000). "Parasites of the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus (Marsupialia:Dasyuridae) in tropical savanna, Northern Territory". Australian Journal of Zoology. 48 (1): 79. doi:10.1071/ZO99056. ISSN 0004-959X. Wikidata Q99954858.