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  <dc:contributor>Shannon Torrence</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Mauritz C. Sterner</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>James W. Mertins</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2011</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Upon re-examination of preserved larval chiggers collected from spadefoot toads (&lt;i&gt;Spea bombifrons&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Spea multiplicata&lt;/i&gt;) in the Southern High Plains of Texas, USA, and identified previously as &lt;i&gt;Hannemania&lt;/i&gt; sp., we found them to be &lt;i&gt;Eutrombicula alfreddugesi&lt;/i&gt;. A review of previous reports of &lt;i&gt;Eutrombicula&lt;/i&gt; spp. chiggers on amphibian hosts provides context for current findings. All members of the genus &lt;i&gt;Hannemania&lt;/i&gt; are specialized larval parasites of amphibians, whereas larval &lt;i&gt;E. alfreddugesi&lt;/i&gt; are generalist parasites of a wide variety of terrestrial vertebrate hosts that infrequently includes amphibians. Spadefoot toads are previously undocumented hosts for &lt;i&gt;E. alfreddugesi&lt;/i&gt;, and observed infestations were unusually prevalent and intense for this chigger on an amphibian host.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.612</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wildlife Disease Association</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Chiggers recently infesting &lt;i&gt;Spea&lt;/i&gt; spp., in Texas, USA, were Eutrombicula alfreddugesi, not Hannemania sp.</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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