The role of mite pocket-like structures on Agama caudospinosa (Agamidae) infested by Pterygosoma livingstonei sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Bertrand, Michel ^a   Modrý, David ^b,c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Ectoparasites; Host parasite relationships; Mite pockets; Pterygosomatidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AGAMA; AGAMA CAUDOSPINOSA; AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; PROSTIGMATA; PTERYGOSOMA LIVINGSTONEI; PTERYGOSOMA TRIANGULARE; PTERYGOSOMATIDAE; SQUAMATA; TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 1842536420     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2004.009     Document Type: Article

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