Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Authors: | L. A. Durden, Zohdy, S., Laakkonen, J. |
Journal: | Journal of Parasitology |
Volume: | 96 |
Issue: | 5 |
Pagination: | 874 - 878 |
Date Published: | Oct. 2010 |
ISSN: | 0022-3395 |
Keywords: | Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur, lice, Madagascar, ticks |
Abstract: | Sucking lice and ticks were collected from live-trapped eastern rufous mouse lemurs, Microcebus rufus Geoffroy, in and around the periphery of Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar, from 2007 to 2009. Samples of 53 sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura) and 28 hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) were collected from 36 lemur captures representing 26 different host individuals. All of the lice were Lemurpediculus verruculosus (Ward) (6 males, 46 females, 1 third instar nymph). Only the holotype female was known previously for this louse and the host was stated to be a “mouse lemur.” Therefore, we describe the male and third instar nymph of L. verruculosus and confirm M. rufus as a host (possibly the only host) of this louse. All of the ticks were nymphs and consisted of 16 Haemaphysalis lemuris Hoogstraal, 11 Haemaphysalis sp., and 1 Ixodes sp. The last 2 ticks listed did not morphologically match any of the Madagascar Haemaphysalis or Ixodes ticks for which nymphal stages have been described. |
URL: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/GE-2512.1 |
DOI: | 10.1645/GE-2512.1 |
Short Title: | Journal of Parasitology |
Lice and Ticks of the Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur, Microcebus rufus, with Descriptions of the Male and Third Instar Nymph of Lemurpediculus verruculosus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura)
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