| 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 |