title: First report of mites (Gamasida: Laelapidae) parasitic on wild rodents in Uruguay, with new host records.
abstract: Information is presented for the first time on laelapid mites associated with wild rodents in Uruguay. Specimens of the following species were identified: Laelapinae: Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (Berlese), Androlaelaps rotundus (Fonseca), Gigantolaelaps wolffsohni (Oudemans), Laelaps paulistanensis (Fonseca), Laelaps manguinhosi (Fonseca) and Mysolaelaps microspinosus Fonseca; Haemogamasinae: Eulaelaps stabularis (Koch). Most of the ectoparasite-host associations are reported for the first time. New host and locality records presented in this study are in accordance with previous findings on the same and/or related host species in nearby South American localities.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Calle 2 no 584, 1900, La Plata, Argentina. mlareschi@cepave.edu.ar
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lareschi
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gettinger
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Venzal
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arzua
authors.forename: Fernanda A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Nieri-Bastos
authors.forename: Darci M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Barros-Battesti
authors.forename: Enrique M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D008924:Mite Infestations; D008925:Mites; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D014583:Uruguay