Androlaelaps abrothrix n. sp., a new laelapine mite (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae), is described from the pelage of the abrotrichine rodent, Abrothrix longipilis (Waterhouse) (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae, Abrotrichini), collected from the Andean Patagonia region of Argentina. The description is based on the female, male, deutonymph, and protonymph.
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1 July 2009
A New Species of Laelapine Mite (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae) Associated with the Abrotrichine Rodent Abrothrix longipilis (Waterhouse) (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina
Donald Gettinger,
Marcela Lareschi
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Abrothrix longipilis
abrotrichine
Acari
Androlaelaps abrothrix n. sp
Argentina
ectoparasite
Laelapinae