New species and records of the mite genus Prolistrophorus (Acariformes: Listrophoridae) from rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

Andre V Bochkov; Marcela Lareschi; Mauricio Barreto

doi:10.2478/s11686-014-0286-3

New species and records of the mite genus Prolistrophorus (Acariformes: Listrophoridae) from rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

Acta Parasitol. 2014 Oct;59(4):586-95. doi: 10.2478/s11686-014-0286-3. Epub 2014 Sep 20.

Authors

Andre V Bochkov¹, Marcela Lareschi, Mauricio Barreto

Affiliation

¹ Zoological Institute, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia, andrevbochkov@gmail.com.

PMID: 25236266
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-014-0286-3

Abstract

Six fur-mite species of the genus Prolistrophorus Fain, 1970 (Acariformes: Listrophoridae) were recorded from Central and South American rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Among them, Prolistrophorus (Aprolistrophorus) parabidentatus sp. nov. from Akodon azarae from Argentina and Prolistrophorus (Aprolistrophorus) tylomys sp. nov. from Tylomys nudicaudus from Guatemala are described as new for science. New hosts are recorded for the following species: Prolistrophorus (Prolistrophorus) grassii (Radford, 1954) from Zygodontomys brevicauda from Colombia, P. (P.) frontalis (Hirst, 1921) from Oligoryzomys sp. from Argentina, P. (P.) argentinus (Hirst, 1921) from Melanomys caliginosus, Akodon affinis from Colombia and Scapteromys aquaticus from Argentina, Prolistrophorus (Beprolistrophorus) hirstianus Fain, 1973 from Scapteromys aquaticus from Argentina.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Central America / epidemiology
Female
Male
Mite Infestations / parasitology*
Mites / anatomy & histology
Mites / classification*
Rodent Diseases / parasitology*
Sigmodontinae / parasitology*
South America / epidemiology
Species Specificity