Guntheria coorongensis
| Guntheria coorongensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombiculidae |
| Genus: | Guntheria |
| Species: | G. coorongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Schongastia coorongense | |
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Guntheria coorongensis (Hirst, 1929)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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