Mites (Acari: Trombidiformes) parasitizing mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Atlantic Forest area in southern Brazil with a new mite genus country record
Autor: | Emili Bortolon dos Santos, Samuel Geremias dos Santos Costa, Mário Antônio Navarro-Silva, Mario Arthur Favretto |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences 0301 basic medicine Entomology Zoology Forests 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Host-Parasite Interactions 03 medical and health sciences Genus Botany Mite Animals Atlantic forest Trombidiformes Acari Mites Larva Ecology biology General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology biology.organism_classification Culicidae Animal ecology Insect Science Female Animal Distribution Brazil |
Zdroj: | Experimental and Applied Acarology. 69:323-333 |
ISSN: | 1572-9702 0168-8162 |
Popis: | In this study, a total of 4146 culicids collected in an Atlantic Forest area in Paraná state, southern Brazil were examined for the presence of mites. Forty larval Parasitengone mites (Arrenurus spp., Arrenuridae; Durenia spp., Trombellidae; Microtrombidium spp., Microtrombidiidae) parasitized 25 specimens of mosquitoes, with the intensity varying from one to nine mites attached. Most mites were found on Aedes serratus/nubilus, Culex vomerifer, Cx. pedroi and Cx. sacchettae. The overall percentage of parasitized mosquitoes was 0.6 %. The highest intensity of mites encountered was in an individual of Cx. pedroi with nine attached mites. Regarding the attachment site, most mite specimens were attached to the abdomen (n = 25), whereas 15 were located on the thorax. Specimens of Arrenurus spp. were only found on the abdomen of mosquitoes, and the same was observed for Microtrombidium spp., while Durenia spp. attached to both the thorax (n = 15) and abdomen (n = 4). This is the first record for the genus Durenia in Brazil. Additionally, some species of mosquitoes were, for the first time, reported as being parasitized by mites. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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