Parasitic laelapid mites (Mesostigmata) on rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the Interior Atlantic Forest of eastern Paraguay

NOE DE LA SANCHA; OSCAR SALVIONI; CELESTE VEGA GÓMEZ; MARCELA LARESCHI

MASTOZOOLOGí­A NEOTROPICAL

UNIDAD DE ZOOLOGÍA Y ECOLOGÍA ANIMAL, INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS, CRICYT, CONICET

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2024 vol. 31

0327-9383

Mites from rodents from eastern Paraguay and their relationships with hosts were described, visualized and quantified, providing five new records of mite species for the country and reporting parasite-host relationships previously documented in neighboring countries that support mite specificity.