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A rare finding of mites (Arachnida: Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasitising a whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)
Fecha
2014-01-01Registro en:
Folia Parasitologica, v. 61, n. 2, p. 182-184, 2014.
1803-6465
0015-5683
10.14411/fp.2014.016
2-s2.0-84899845476
Autor
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Laboratório Referência Nacionalem Vetores das Riquetsioses, Colecao de Artropodes Vetores Apteros de Importância em Saúde das comunidades, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Institución
Resumen
Twelve larvae of unidentified species of Odontacarus Ewing, 1929 (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) were found parasitising an adult male whip spider Charinus brasilianus Weygoldt (Charinidae) in Santa Teresa, mountainous region of EspÍrito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. These larvae occurred in the intersegmental membrane of prosoma and legs. This is the first report of ectoparasitic mites infecting a charinid whip spider and the first record of leeuwenhoekiid mites parasitising an invertebrate host. We suggest that future studies are essential to understand the reasons why these events of parasitism are so rare in the order Amblypygi. © 2013 ParazitologickÝ Ústav AVČR.