A new laelapine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with the spiny rodent, scolomys melanops, in amazonian Peru

Donald Gettinger; Scott L. Gardner

doi:10.1654/4679.1

A new laelapine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with the spiny rodent, scolomys melanops, in amazonian Peru

Donald Gettinger, Scott L. Gardner

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Abstract

Gigantolaelaps scolomys Gettinger and Gardner n. sp., an ectoparasitic mite (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with the rodent Scolomys melanops in Amazonian forests of Peru, is described and illustrated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	81-84
Number of pages	4
Journal	Comparative Parasitology
Volume	82
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1654/4679.1
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

Acari
Cricetidae
Ectoparasite
Gigantolaelaps scolomys
Host
Laelapidae
Loreto
Parasitiformes
Peru
Rodentia
Scolomys melanops
Sigmodontinae

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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A new laelapine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with the spiny rodent, scolomys melanops, in amazonian Peru

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