Descriptions of four new species of chiggers from bats in northern Japan : Acarina; Trombiculidae

Abstract

Four new chiggers from bats in the northern part of Honshu, Japan were described; i.e., 2 external parasites, Ascoschoengastia narai and A. mukoyamai off Vespertilio orientalis and Nyctalus lasiopterus aviator; 2 intranasal species, Microtrombicula vespertilionis and M. tenmai off V. orientalis. Of the above, the genus Ascoschoengastia was newly found from the Japanese bats.