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Species Guntheria kallipygos (Gunther, 1939)

Introduction

This species shows a high level of intra-species variation, as summarised by Domrow & Lester (1985).

 

General References

Derrick, E.H. & Womersley, H. 1954. The scrub-itch mite of south-east Queensland. Australian Journal of Science 16: 238-239 (as Guntherana bipygalis)

Domrow, R. 1960. The genus Guntherana (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Pacific Insects 2: 195-237 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Domrow, R. 1961. New and little known Laelaptidae, Trombiculidae and Listrophoridae (Acarina) from Australasian mammals. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 86: 60-95 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Domrow, R. 1962. Mammals of Innisfail. II. Their mite parasites. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 268-306 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Domrow, R. 1967. Mite parasites of small mammals from scrub typhus foci in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 759-798 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Domrow, R. 1974. Miscellaneous mites from Australian vertebrates. 1-48. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 99: 15-35 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Domrow, R. 1978. New records and species of chiggers from Australasia (Acari : Trombiculidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 75-90 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Domrow, R. & Lester, L.N. 1985. Chiggers of Australia (Acari : Trombiculidae) an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 114: 1-111 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Domrow, R. & Smith, D.J.W. 1956. Acarina from five hundred native mammals from Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 80: 201-206 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Goff, M.L. 1978. Two new species of Guntheria (Guntheria) (Acari: Trombiculidae) from Papua New Guinea, with a key to the nine known species in the subgenus. Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 21-25 (as Guntheria kallipygos; as Guntheria ditrichia; as Guntheria heterotrichia; as Guntheria cowanensis)

Goff, M.L. 1980. The genera Guntheria and Ornithogastia (Acari : Trombiculidae) in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Insects 22: 35-77 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Green, R.H. 1989. The ectoparasitic mites of Tasmanian vertebrate animals. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 98: 1-25 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Gunther, C.E.M. 1952. A check list of the Trombiculid larvae of Asia and Australasia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 77: 1-60 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Mackerras, I.M., Mackerras, M.J. & Sandars, D.F. 1953. Parasites of the bandicoot, Isoodon obesulus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 63: 61-63 (as Guntherana bipygalis)

Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as Guntherana bipygalis)

Vercammen-Grandjean, P.H. & Langston, R.L. 1971. The Chigger Mites of the World. Volume VIII, Guntherana complex. Section A. Genus Guntherana. San Francisco : George Williams Hooper Foundation, University of California 151 pp. 62 pls. (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Viggers, K.L. & Spratt, D.M. 1995. The parasites recorded from Trichosurus species (Marsupialia, Phalangeridae). Wildlife Research 22: 311-332 (as Guntheria kallipygos)

Womersley, H. 1952. The scrub-typhus and scrub-itch mites (Trombiculidae, Acarina) of the Asiatic-Pacific region. Part 1 (Text). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 10: 1-435 Pt 2 (pls) 437-673 (as Guntherana bipygalis)

Womersley, H. & Audy, J.R. 1957. Malaysian parasites - XXVII. The Trombiculidae (Acarina) of the Asiatic-Pacific region. A revised and annotated list of the species in Womersley (1952), with descriptions of larvae and nymphs. Studies of the Institute of Medical Research of the Federated Malay States 28: 231-296 (as Guntherana kallipygos)

Womersley, H. & Heaslip, W.G. 1943. The Trombiculinae (Acarina) or itch-mites of the Austro-Malayan and Oriental regions. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67: 68-142 (as Guntherana bipygalis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
25-Oct-2011 25-Oct-2011 MOVED
29-Jul-2010 29-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED