PRESENCE OF INTRADERMAL CHIGGER MITE HANNEMANIA HYLAE (EWING, 1925) (ACARI: LEEUWENHOEKIIDAE) IN THE TROGLOPHILE FROG ELEUTHERODACTYLUS LONGIPES (ANURA: BRACHYCEPHALIDAE) AT LOS
Por:
del Castillo, AE, Paredes-Leon, R, Morales-Malacara, JB
Publicada:
1 ene 2011
Categoría:
Insect Science
Resumen:
For the first time, we report the presence of Hannemania hylae (Ewing) parasitizing the long-footed robber frog Eleutherodactylus longipes (Baird) in a cave environment in Queretaro State, Mexico. A morphological comparison was performed between H. hylae and its closest species Hannemania bufonis Loomis and Welbourn and Hannemania monticola Welbourn and Loomis. The main characters to separate these species are the size of ocular plate, the length of some scutal setae, and the shape and length of some tarsal setae of the legs I and II. We inspected 47 frogs, the prevalence of infestation was 23.4%, mean abundance was 1.8 mites per host, mean intensity 7.9 mites per infested host, and the range intensity was 1-30 mites. Larvae of H. hylae were only collected during the dry season. A brief discussion is provided about the period of larval stage on the host and seasonality is compared with similar studies.
Filiaciones:
del Castillo, AE:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Lab Acarol Anita Hoffmann, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Paredes-Leon, R:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Morales-Malacara, JB:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Unidad Multidisciplinaria Docencia & Invest, Queretaro 76230, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Lab Acarol Anita Hoffmann, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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