ectoparasite of  

The type host was originally recorded as Cercomys fosteri. Cercomys cunicularis is a composite (Petter, 1973; Mares et al. 198l), and fosteri is a synonym of Thrichomys apereoides (Woods, 1993: 798). [ex. Durden, L. A., Musser, G. G. 1994. Bulletin of the