A NEW SPECIES OF LAELAPINE MITE (ACARI: PARASITIFORMES: LAELAPIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH PROECHIMYS DIMIDIATUS IN THE ATLANTIC FORESTS OF BRAZIL

Authors

Donald Gettinger, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Helena Godoy Bergallo, Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro

Date of this Version

2003

Comments

Published in J. Parasitol., 89(4), 2003, pp. 705-708. Copyright © American Society of Parasitologists 2003

Abstract

Tur megistoproctus, a new species of Laelapinae, is described from the pelage of the echimyid rodent Proechimys dimidiatus from the Atlantic forests of Ilha Grande, south of Rio de Janeiro. Measurements and illustrations are included for females and males. Another laelapine mite species, Tur turki Fonseca, co-occurred with T.megistoproctus in our studies and was recorded from the same host individuals and localities. These 2 laelapine mite species appear to be exclusively associated with a complex of echimyid rodent species (subgenus Trinomys) in the Atlantic forests of southeastern Brazil.