Ectoparasites from fruit bats and rats on Niue Island |
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| Authors: | Nixon Wilson Kazimierz Wodzicki |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology , University of Northern Iowa , Cedar Falls, Iowa, 50613, U.S.A.;2. Department of Zoology , Victoria University of Wellington , Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Examination of 3 species of mammals from Niue Island revealed the following host/ectoparasite associations. Rattus rattus (L.) : the mites Androlaelaps casalis, Laelaps echidninus, L. nuttalli, Ornithonyssus bacoti, Listrophoroides cucullatus, and Dermatophagoides pteronys‐sinus; and the louse Polyplax spinulosa. Rattus exulans (Peale) : L. echidninus, L. nuttali, and L. cucullatus; and the louse Hoplopleura pacifica. Pteropus t. tonganus Quoy & Gaimard: the mite Meristaspis calcarata. These new records for the island are discussed in relation to existing records from the Pacific region. |
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| Keywords: | Desis marina Desidae spiders intertidal environment respiration oxygen demand habitat |
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