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New host association and locality record for Pellonyssus gorgasi Yunker and Radovsky, 1966 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
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2019-05-19Registro en:
International Journal of Acarology, v. 45, n. 4, p. 235-237, 2019.
0164-7954
10.1080/01647954.2019.1604801
2-s2.0-85065059132
Autor
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Instituto Butantan
Secretaria Municipal do Verde e do Meio Ambiente de São Paulo
University of Arkansas
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The genus Pellonyssus Clark and Yunker, 1956 comprises 14 species worldwide that are associates of birds. One of these species, Pellonyssus gorgasi Yunker and Radovsky, 1966, parasitizes hummingbirds in the Americas. This study represents a new host association with Eupetomena macroura (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) and the first occurrence of this mite in the state of São Paulo.