A redescription of Trichosurolaelaps dixous Domrow, 1972 (Acari: Laelapidae), from Trichosurus cunninghami (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) from southern Australia

Title:

A redescription of Trichosurolaelaps dixous Domrow, 1972 (Acari: Laelapidae), from Trichosurus cunninghami (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) from southern Australia

Creator:

Hufschmid, Jasmin, Beveridge, Ian, Handasyde, Kathrine Ann, and Spratt, David Michael

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:ad8dc717-a830-441c-b22e-9a2212347904
uuid:ad8dc717-a830-441c-b22e-9a2212347904
doi:10.14411/fp.2008.038

Subject:

Trichosurolaelaps dixous, Trichosurolaelaps crassipes, Trichosurus cunninghami, Trichosurus vulpecula, ectoparasites, Acari, and Laelapidae

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Description:

The adults of Trichosurolaelaps dixous Domrow, 1972 are redescribed from a population of Trichosurus cunninghami Lindenmayer, Dubach et Viggers, 2002 in south-eastern Australia. The nymphal stages are described for the first time. Morphologically, T. dixous is similar to Trichosurolaelaps crassipes Womersley, 1956. Morphological differences between the pre-female deutonymphs and adult females of the two mite species are the presence of a single large ventral spur on tibia I of T. dixous. Males of T. dixous could not be distinguished from T. crassipes morphologically and the idiosomal length of male T. dixous was variable (475-683 μm). Protonymphs of the two mite species differed only in size, with that of T. dixous being larger. Although T. crassipes was prevalent in a sympatric population of Trichosurus vulpecula and has been reported from other populations of T. cunninghami in southern Australia, it was never recovered from the population of T. cunninghami studied.

Language:

English

Rights:

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

301-308

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2008 Volume:55 | Number:4

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