A rare finding of mites (Arachnida: Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasitising a whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)

Title:

A rare finding of mites (Arachnida: Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasitising a whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)

Creator:

Gonçalves-Souza, Thiago, Giupponi, Alessandro P. L., and Hernandes, Fabio A.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:81a55657-d8f8-40a6-8da5-b1bb2a555660
uuid:81a55657-d8f8-40a6-8da5-b1bb2a555660
doi:10.14411/fp.2014.016

Subject:

ectoparasitism and chigger mites

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

182-184

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2014 Volume:61 | Number:2

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