A morphometric study of Eutrombicula alfreddugesi (Acari: Trombiculidae) infesting four sympatric species of Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) in northeastern Brazil

Abstract

We undertook a sampling program to understand the extent of morphological variation in Eutrombicula alfreddugesi among the fourhost species of Tropidurus at Morro do Chapéu, Brazil.

Keywords

• Ectoparasites
• lizards
• mite pockets
• morphology
• taxonomy