An intensive survey of ectoparasitic arthropods associated with small mammals in upland forests near Manaus, Brazil, provides information on the taxonomy and host distribution of laelapine mites in the Amazonian Region. We identified 5 genera and 21 species of these mites by comparison with representative museum specimens, the taxonomic literature, and, when possible, the original type specimens. These mites are host specific, with associations ranging from strict monoxeny (18 species) to oligoxeny (1 species) and pleioxeny (2 species). Marsupials were infested with species of Androlaelaps, echimyid rodents with Tur, and sigmodontine rodents with Gigantolaelaps, Laelaps, and Mysolaelaps. Androlaelaps bergalloi, a new species of Laelapinae, is described from the pelage of the marsupial Monodelphis brevicaudata.
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February 01 2005
LAELAPINE MITES (ACARI: LAELAPIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL MAMMALS FROM AMAZONAS, BRAZIL, INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES FROM MARSUPIALS
Donald Gettinger
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Donald Gettinger
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68858-0514. donaldg@alltel.net
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Fernanda Martins-Hatano
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Fernanda Martins-Hatano
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68858-0514. donaldg@alltel.net
* Departamento de Ecologia, IBRAG, UERJ, Rua Cardoso Júnior, 454, ap. 201, Laranjeiras, RJ, Brazil 20550-011
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Marcela Lareschi
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Marcela Lareschi
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68858-0514. donaldg@alltel.net
† Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, Calle 2 No. 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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Jay R. Malcolm
Jay R. Malcolm
Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68858-0514. donaldg@alltel.net
‡ Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3
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J Parasitol (2005) 91 (1): 45–48.
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Donald Gettinger, Fernanda Martins-Hatano, Marcela Lareschi, Jay R. Malcolm; LAELAPINE MITES (ACARI: LAELAPIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL MAMMALS FROM AMAZONAS, BRAZIL, INCLUDING A NEW SPECIES FROM MARSUPIALS. J Parasitol 1 February 2005; 91 (1): 45–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-3401
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