Androlaelaps rotundus Fonseca (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with akodontine rodents in Paraguay: a morphometric examination of a pleioxenous ectoparasite.
A multivariate analysis of morphometric data suggests that the nominally pleioxenous ectoparasite, Androlaelaps rotundus, includes at least three distinct host-associated populations in Paraguay. Where multiple akodontine hosts occur sympatrically, each host species is accompanied by a morphologically distinct mite population. These host-mite associations were consistent across all localities, implying that A. rotundus is a complex of unrecognized species.
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Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway 72035, USA. donald@alltel.net
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010239:Paraguay; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*