| ecology and host specificity of laelapine mites (acari: laelapidae) of small mammals in an atlantic forest area of brazil. | mesostigmatic mites of the laelapinae berlese, 1892 (acari: laelapidae) are nidicolous arthropods that commonly occur in the fur of neotropical small mammmals. in this 2-yr study, the laelapine acarofauna associated with the small mammal community in an area of atlantic forest on ilha grande, rio de janeiro state, was examined, including observations on patterns of host specificity, mite dispersal, ecology, and food habits. a total of 1,347 laelapines was sampled from the pelage of 6 species of ... | 2002 | 12053977 |
| noteworthy records of ixodes schulzei (acari: ixodidae) on rodents from the state of parana, southern brazil. | ixodes schulzei aragão & fonseca is an endemic tick to brazil and has already been reported in the northern (state of rondonia), southeastern (states of minas gerais, rio de janeiro and sao paulo) and southern (state of santa catarina) regions, always found in association with the water rat nectomys squamipes (brandt). this communication records the first occurrence of this tick species in the state of parana, southern region of brazil, and it constitutes its first report on akodon montensis (th ... | 2013 | 24252964 |