[1st report of an intermediary host of Moniezia sp in Cuba].
The determination of an oribatid belonging to the Scheloribates genus as an intermediary host of the Moniezia sp. helminth is reported for the first time in Cuba. Photographs and measurements taken during the infecting larval state of Moniezia (cisticercoid) found are included, such as it is observed because of transparency in the interior of acarus and drew out from the Latter for its better identification.
D000053:Acari / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004199:Disease Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008722:Methods; D008989:Monieziasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Primer informe de un hospedero intermediario de Moniezia sp. para Cuba.