Ectoparasites of the endemic rodent Abrocoma bennetti (Hystricomorpha: Abrocomidae) from semiarid Chile

A total of 13 individuals of the Abrocoma bennetti rodent were captured and 354 ectoparasites belonging to 10 different species were collected and analyzed. The most abundant species was a Phithraptera, Monogyropus longus (62%), followed by Siphonaptera Delostichus smiti (23%). In this study Gyropu...

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Main Authors: Andrea Paz Yáñez-Meza, Lucila del Carmen Moreno Salas, Carezza Botto-Mahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Concepción 2018-06-01
Series:Gayana
Online Access:https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/51