Eutrombicula batatas is a species of chigger (trombiculid mite).
Host species include: Didelphimorphia Didelphis marsupialis in Venezuela Lutreolina crassicaudata in Venezuela Marmosa robinsoni in Venezuela Marmosops fuscatus in VenezuelaBrennan and Reed, 1974, p. 710 Monodelphis brevicaudata in Venezuela Chiroptera Micronycteris megalotis in Venezuela Noctilio albiventris in Venezuela Cetartiodactyla Odocoileus virginianus in GeorgiaWilson and Durden, 2003, table 4 Lagomorpha Sylvilagus floridanus in Venezuela Rodentia
Holochilus sciureus in BoliviaBrennan, 1970, p. 810 and Venezuela
Makalata didelphoides in Bolivia Necromys lenguarum in Bolivia Nectomys sp. in Venezuela Oecomys sydandersoni in BoliviaBrennan, 1970, p. 811; see Carleton et al., 2009, for identity of the host Oligoryzomys fulvescens in Venezuela Oligoryzomys microtis in BoliviaBrennan, 1970, p. 811 Oryzomys palustris in Florida Pattonomys semivillosus in Venezuela Proechimys semispinosus in Venezuela Rattus rattus in FloridaWorth, 1950, p. 330 and Venezuela Sigmodon alstoni in Venezuela Sigmodon hirsutus in Venezuela Sigmodon sp. in VeracruzEstébanes-González and Cervantes, 2005, p. 29 Zygodontomys brevicauda in Panama and VenezuelaVoss, 1991, table 29 Primates Homo sapiens
References
Literature cited Brennan, J.M. 1970. Chiggers from the Bolivian-Brazilian border (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 56:807–812. Brennan, J.M. and Reed, J.T. 1974. The genus Eutrombicula in Venezuela (Acarina: Trombiculidae) (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 60(4):699–711. Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. and Musser, G.G. 2009. A new species of the rodent genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from eastern Bolivia, with emended definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661:1–32. Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico (subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37. Voss, R.S. 1991. An introduction to the neotropical muroid rodent genus Zygodontomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 210:1–113. Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220. Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.