New records of fleas and ticks in armadillos (Xenarthra: Chlamyphoridae) from the Espinal and Monte ecoregions of La Pampa province, Argentina

EZQUIAGA, M. C.; SOIBELZON E.

ZOOTAXA

MAGNOLIA PRESS

Lugar: Auckland; Año: 2021 vol. 4950 p. 595 - 600

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La Pampaprovince is divided into two clearly distinguishable fractions: a smallnortheastern humid sector corresponding to the Pampas ecoregion and a drier westernsector, represented by the Monte de Llanuras y Mesetas (termed Monte region inthis study) and Espinal ecoregions (sensu Brown et al. 2006). These three ecoregions are visibly distinguishable froman edaphological and phytogeographic point of view, while the mammalian fauna compositionis homogeneous. The study area was located in the central part of the province,comprising the Monte and Espinal ecoregions (Fig. 1). In that area threespecies of armadillos are recorded (Soibelzon et al. 2015). Two of these (Zaedyuspichiy Desmarest, 1804 and Chaetophractusvillosus Desmarest, 1804) (Xenarthra: Chlamyphoridae) are the mostcommon and widely distributed armadillos both in the province and in thecountry, while the third species, Chlamyphorustruncatus Harlan, 1825, has a more restricted distribution and is oneof the most cryptic and least known armadillos in the country. For this reason,in our fieldwork ectoparasites were obtained only from the first two speciesmentioned.