| patterns of infestation by the trombiculid mite eutrombicula alfreddugesi in four sympatric lizard species (genus tropidurus) in northeastern brazil. | we studied the parasitism by the chigger mite eutrombicula alfreddugesi on four sympatric lizard species of the genus tropidurus in morro do chapéu, bahia state, brazil: t. hispidus, t. cocorobensis, t. semitaeniatus and t. erythrocephalus. for each species, we investigated the patterns of infestation and analyzed to which extent they varied among the hosts. we calculated the spatial niche breadth of the chigger mite on the body of each host species and the distribution of mites along the hosts' ... | 2008 | 18642505 |