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On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species

  • 1. Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, & Institute for Advanced Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • 2. Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 4. Department of National Park Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and
  • 5. Wildlife Conservation Division, Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia,
  • 6. Faculty of Resources Science and Technology, University Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak,
  • 7. Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
  • 8. Laboratory of Parasitic Arthropods, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint
  • 9. Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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K, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, RajasegaranK, Praveena, Alkathiry K, Hadil A., ChaisiriK, Kittipong, RoundK, Philip D., Eiamampai, Krairat, Ahmad KhusainiK, Mohd K. S., RamjiK, Mohamad Fizl Sidq, AbubakarK, Sazaly, Ya'cobK, Zubaidah, Stekolnikov K, Alexandr A., Makepeace K, Benjamin L. (2023): On the taxonomy of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing birds in Thailand and Malaysia, with the description of a new species. Acarologia 63 (4): 1109-1138, DOI: 10.24349/yt89-g1ei, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/yt89-g1ei

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