A new laelapine genus and species (Acari: Laelapidae) from the short-tailed batMystacina tuberculata, in New Zealand
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Bolivian ectoparasites: a new species of laelapine mite (Acari: Parasitiformes, Laelapidae) from the rodent Neacomys spinosus.
Laelaps neacomydis n. sp. is described from the pelage of the rodent Neacomys spinosus collected in Bolivia. Collection records from northern Brazil, southeastern Peru, and central Bolivia indicate its wide distribution across Amazonas associated with rodents of the genus Neacomys. The formal taxonomic description and illustrations are derived from the adults (female and male). Two larger speci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0303-6758,1175-8899
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1987.10421706