Abstract
Chigger mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates and can even bite humans, causing lesions on their skins. The co-parasitism is gradually being reported for this family, and recent studies have highlighted this relationship worldwide. In Brazil, only some records of chigger species co-parasitizing rodents and lizards in the Pernambuco and Piauí States were done. The present study reports six co-parasitism situations in cricetid rodents collected in the Morro Grande Forest Reserve, Cotia Municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Highlights
Chigger mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates and can even accidentally bite humans, causing lesions on their skins
Many studies have been done on the taxonomy and systematics of chigger mites, but little is known about their ecology
In Brazil, some co-parasitism cases were already reported for two states (Jacinavicius et al 2019; 2021)
Summary
Chigger mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates and can even accidentally bite humans, causing lesions on their skins. There are few records in literature (Goff 1979), recent studies have highlighted the co-parasitism within different species of chiggers around the world (Barnard et al 2015; Moniuszko et al 2018; Jacinavicius et al 2019; 2021).
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