Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis Indicates Potential Cryptic Speciation in the Chigger Mite Neoschoengastia gallinarum (Hatori, 1920) Parasitising Birds in Asia

• Main Authors: Rajasegaran, Praveena, Koosakulnirand, Sirikamon, Tan, Kim-Kee, Khoo, Jing Jing, Suliman, Youseuf, Mansor, Mohammad Saiful, Khusaini, Mohd K. S. Ahmad, AbuBakar, Sazaly, Chaisiri, Kittipong, Morand, Serge, Ya'cob, Zubaidah, Makepeace, Benjamin L.
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2024
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; S Agriculture (General); SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45528/; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060980
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Neoschoengastia gallinarum is widely distributed in Asia, preferentially parasitising birds, and heavy infestations have clinical impacts on domestic fowl. In common with other trombiculid mites, the genetic diversity and potential variation in host preferences or pathology induced by N. gallinarum...