Endoparasitic mite infections of anuran amphibians from Bolivian montane rain forests, with descriptions of two new Hannemania species (Acari: Parasitengona: Trombiculidae: Leeuwenhoekiinae)

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Wohltmann, Andreas ^a   Köhler, Jörn ^b,c   Martin, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt   (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Endoparasites; New species; Parasite host associations; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; HOST; JUVENILE; MITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO QUECHUA; BUFONIDAE; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS PLATYDACTYLUS; HANNEMANIA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PARASITENGONA; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 33646478734     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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