Three species of the genus Pellonyssus (Acari: Macronyssidae) including a new species from Costa Rican birds

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Dusbabek, Frantisek ^a   Literak, Ivan ^b   Capek, Miroslav ^c   Havlicek, Martin ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acari; Bird mites; Costa Rica; Macronyssidae; Parasitic mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; CARDINALIDAE; CYANOCOMPSA CYANOIDES; MACRONYSSIDAE; MANACUS CANDEI; PELLONYSSUS; PIPRIDAE; THRENETES RUCKERI; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33747166139     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950608684457     Document Type: Article

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