A NEW SPECIES OF PHTHEIROPOIOS EICHLER, 1940 (PHTHIRAPTERA: AMBLYCERA: GYROPIDAE) FROM ARGENTINA, WITH A KEY TO THE MALES COLLECTED FROM CTENOMYS (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Dolores del C. Castro; Armando Cicchino; Marta Arce de Hamity; Félix Ortiz

doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[377:ANSOPE]2.0.CO;2

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1 September 2007 A NEW SPECIES OF PHTHEIROPOIOS EICHLER, 1940 (PHTHIRAPTERA: AMBLYCERA: GYROPIDAE) FROM ARGENTINA, WITH A KEY TO THE MALES COLLECTED FROM CTENOMYS (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Dolores del C. Castro, Armando Cicchino, Marta Arce de Hamity, Félix Ortiz

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Entomological News, 118(4):377-384 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[377:ANSOPE]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

The species Phtheiropoios susquensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens of Ctenomys sp. collected from Laguna Múcar, Susques District, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Diagnostic features for the new species include a proportion of male forficula, male external genitalia, and counts of setae, body measurements in both sexes and external architecture of the egg. Its morphological affinities with allied species are briefly commented. A key to males of all species of the genus Phtheiropoios known to parasitize rodents of the genus Ctenomys, is included.

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Dolores del C. Castro, Armando Cicchino, Marta Arce de Hamity, and Félix Ortiz "A NEW SPECIES OF PHTHEIROPOIOS EICHLER, 1940 (PHTHIRAPTERA: AMBLYCERA: GYROPIDAE) FROM ARGENTINA, WITH A KEY TO THE MALES COLLECTED FROM CTENOMYS (MAMMALIA: RODENTIA) FROM SOUTH AMERICA," Entomological News 118(4), 377-384, (1 September 2007). https://doi.org/10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[377:ANSOPE]2.0.CO;2

Received: 31 October 2006; Accepted: 1 April 2007; Published: 1 September 2007

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