Androlaelaps rotundus Fonseca (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with akodontine rodents in Paraguay: a morphometric examination of a pleioxenous ectoparasite
Rev. bras. biol
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60(3): 425-434, ago. 2000. ilus, tab
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-280970
ABSTRACT
A multivariate analysis of morphometric data suggests that the nominally pleioxenous ectoparasite, Androlaelaps rotundus, includes at least three distinct host-associated populations in Paraguay. Where multiple akodontine hosts occur sympatrically, each host species is accompanied by a morphologically distinct mite population. These host-mite associations were consistent across all localities, implying that A. rotundus is a complex of unrecognized species
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Main subject:
Rodentia
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Mites
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Paraguay
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. bras. biol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Institution/Affiliation country:
Texas Tech University/US
/
University of Central Arkansas/US
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