CHIGGERS (ACARINA, TROMBICULIDAE) OF MAXOMYS BARTELSII FOUND IN WEST JAVA, INDONESIA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES

Tuti R. Hadi (Health Ecology Research Centre, National Institute of Health 'Research and Development, JI. Percetakan Negara No. 29, Jakarta)

TREUBIA
Vol 30, No 2 (1991): Vol. 30 No. 2, January 1991

A collection of chiggers infesting Maxomys bartelsii,a rat commonly found in the highlands of West and Central Java, was obtained during the extensive study of this particular rat species in 1970 - 1972 conducted by U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 Jakarta Detachment. Two of the seven chigger species identified are considered as new species and described in this paper. Diagnostic charactersand the Indonesian records of the other 5 species were included.