Lice and ticks of the eastern rufous mouse lemur, Microcebus rufus, with descriptions of the male and third instar nymph of Lemurpediculus verruculosus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 874-878

  Durden, Lance A ^a   Zohdy, Sarah ^a,b   Laakkonen, Juha ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOUSE; MORPHOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL STAGE; LEMURPEDICULUS VERRUCULOSUS; LOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; TICK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANOPLURA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL EAR; IXODIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PRIMATE DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION; VETERINARY;

MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

ACARI; ANOPLURA; HAEMAPHYSALIS; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURPEDICULUS VERRUCULOSUS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; EAR AURICLE; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NYMPH; PRIMATE DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 77958187564     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2512.1     Document Type: Article

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