A new species and new host record of Demodecidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with the bandicoot rat (Rodentia: Muridae) from Lao PDR with data on parasitism and a checklist of the demodecid mites of rodents

Joanna N. Izdebska; Leszek Rolbiecki; Serge Morand; Alexis Ribas

doi:10.11158/saa.22.11.10

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24 October 2017 A new species and new host record of Demodecidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with the bandicoot rat (Rodentia: Muridae) from Lao PDR with data on parasitism and a checklist of the demodecid mites of rodents

Joanna N. Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki, Serge Morand, Alexis Ribas

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22(11):1910-1923 (2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.10

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A new species, Demodex bandicotaesp. nov. (Acariformes: Demodecidae), is described based on adult stages from the hairy skin of the greater bandicoot rat Bandicota indica (Bechstein, 1800), collected in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos). Parasites were noted in 41.7% of bandicoot rats, with a mean intensity of 5.6 parasites in the tested skin fragments of the host. This is the first report on Demodecidae mites in rodents of the genus Bandicota Gray, 1873. A checklist of demodecid mites in rodents worldwide is also provided.

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Joanna N. Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki, Serge Morand, and Alexis Ribas "A new species and new host record of Demodecidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with the bandicoot rat (Rodentia: Muridae) from Lao PDR with data on parasitism and a checklist of the demodecid mites of rodents," Systematic and Applied Acarology 22(11), 1910-1923, (24 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.22.11.10

Received: 6 May 2017; Accepted: 11 September 2017; Published: 24 October 2017

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