title: Ophionyssus saurarum (Acari, Mesostigmata) infecting Lacerta agilis (Reptilia, Lacertidae).
abstract: Thirty specimens of sand lizard, Lacerta agilis, were analyzed and Ophionyssus saurarum was found on three of them. These parasitic mites were located in the ear opening of the host. The only lizard specimens which were infested were those that inhabit areas degraded by human activity.
authors: University of Life Sciences, Department of Forest Protection, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznań. dagwiazd@up.poznan.pl
authors: Dariusz J
authors: DJ
authors: Gwiazdowicz
authors: Kamil P
authors: KP
authors: Filip
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity