Systematics and evolution of the genus Paraceroglyphus and related taxa (Acari: Acaridae) associated with fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera).
Collections of fleas from terrestrial Sciuridae from New Mexico and Montana yielded 2 species of acarid mites: Acarus monopsyllus from Ceratophyllus ciliatus and Paraceroglyphus cynomydis n. sp. from 4 species of Oropsylla. The genera Acarus, Paraceroglyphus, and Trichopsyllopus form a clade distinct from other genera of flea-associated mites, with Paraceroglyphus the sister group of the other 2 genera. Paraceroglyphus cynomydis is the sister group of a clade comprising P. xenopsylla and possibly P. californicus, with P. meles as the nearest outgroup.
OConnor
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Department of Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1079.
Pfaffenberger
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D000818:Animals; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000469:parasitology*