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Hygrobates salamandrarum sp. nov. (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from China: the First Record of a Freshwater Mite Parasitizing Newts (Amphibia, Urodela) |
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| Authors: | Tom Goldschmidt Reinhard Gerecke Gerd Alberti |
| Institution: | aWestfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Zoologisches Institut, AG Limnologie, Münster, Germany bBiesingerstr. 11, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany cErnst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Zoologisches Institut und Museum, Greifswald, Germany |
| Abstract: | Females of a new water mite species of the genus Hygrobates (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) were found to parasitize Pachytriton labiatus (Unterstein, 1930) (Amphibia, Salamandridae), a newt species from S China. Obviously, their particularly modified mouthparts are an adaptation for penetrating the amphibian skin. These data provide the first record of an adult water mite parasitizing a vertebrate host. |
| Keywords: | Parasitism taxonomy mouthparts morphology scanning electron microscopy |
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