All Ectoparasite Survey of Dipodomys ordii (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) from Central Oklahoma

Author: REISEN WILLIAM K.   BEST TROY L.  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.66, Iss.3, 1973-05, pp. : 599-601

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Abstract

Ectoparasites were taken from 363 kangaroo rats, Dipodomys ordii oklahomac Trowbridge & Whitaker, collected near Norman, Oklahoma, at monthly intervals from 24 July 1970 through 18 June 1971. Haemolaelaps fahrenholzi (Ewing) was the most abundant ectoparasite, followed by Listrophorus spp., Hirstonyssus incomptus (Eads & Hightower), Pyemotes sp., Fahrenholzia pinnata Kellogg & Ferris, Amblyomma sp., Orchopeas leucopus (Baker), and a Mycoptidae. The Pyemotes-Dipodomys relationship is discussed as a new biological association.

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