Acta Amazonica (Dec 2022)

Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil

  • Ricardo BASSINI-SILVA,
  • Fernando de Castro JACINAVICIUS,
  • Ana Carolina CASTRO-SANTIAGO,
  • Ashley P.G. DOWLING,
  • Marcos Rogerio ANDRÉ,
  • Pedro M. LINARDI,
  • Darci Moraes BARROS-BATTESTI

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202200512
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 4
pp. 328 – 330

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Macronyssid mites are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates. We slide-mounted and re-examined mite material collected in a 1987-1989 expedition to Maracá Ecological Station, Roraima State, Brazil. The specimens were identified as Acanthonyssus proechimys Yunker and Saunders (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae), which were collected parasitizing a South American spiny rat, Proechimys sp. This represents the first record of Acanthonyssus in Brazil.

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