TY - JOUR
T1 - Ectoparasitic mites of the genus Gigantolaelaps (Acari
T2 - Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) associated with small mammals of the genus Nephelomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), including two new species from Peru
AU - Gettinger, Donald
AU - Gardner, Scott L.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - An extensive survey of small mammals and ectoparasites along an altitudinal transect in the Manu Biodiversity Reserve in Peru found the sigmodontine rodent genus Nephelomys infested by mites of the genus Gigantolaelaps Fonseca, 1939. Two distinct species co-occurred exclusively in the pelage of Nephelomys keaysi, G. inca Fonseca and G. minima n. sp. Nephelomys levipes, which replaces N. keaysi at higher elevations, was infested exclusively with a single new species, G. nebulosa n. sp. In this paper, we formally describe these new mite species, and provide more information on the morphology of G. inca.
AB - An extensive survey of small mammals and ectoparasites along an altitudinal transect in the Manu Biodiversity Reserve in Peru found the sigmodontine rodent genus Nephelomys infested by mites of the genus Gigantolaelaps Fonseca, 1939. Two distinct species co-occurred exclusively in the pelage of Nephelomys keaysi, G. inca Fonseca and G. minima n. sp. Nephelomys levipes, which replaces N. keaysi at higher elevations, was infested exclusively with a single new species, G. nebulosa n. sp. In this paper, we formally describe these new mite species, and provide more information on the morphology of G. inca.
KW - Ectoparasites
KW - Gigantolaelaps inca fonseca
KW - Gigantolaelaps minima n. Sp.
KW - Gigantolaelaps nebulosa n. Sp.
KW - Laelapidae
KW - Nephelomys
KW - Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.24349/acarologia/20174191
DO - 10.24349/acarologia/20174191
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039783441
VL - 57
SP - 755
EP - 763
JO - Acarologia
JF - Acarologia
SN - 0044-586X
IS - 4
ER -