Ophionyssus saurarum (Acari, Mesostigmata) infecting Lacerta agilis (Reptilia, Lacertidae).
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.
Gwiazdowicz
Dariusz J
DJ
University of Life Sciences, Department of Forest Protection, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznań. dagwiazd@up.poznan.pl
Filip
Kamil P
KP
D000818:Animals; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity