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International Journal of Acarology Volume 39, 2013 - Issue 4
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First report of phoresy by an oribatid mite (Trhypochthoniidae: Archegozetes magnus) on a frog (Leptodactylidae: Engystomops pustulosus)

Lynne E. Beaty Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Helen J. Esser Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Roberto Miranda Department of Research in Medical Entomology, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Research, Panama, Panama
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Roy A. Norton Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA
Pages 325-326 | Received 11 Feb 2013, Accepted 14 Feb 2013, Published online: 13 Apr 2013
 
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Abstract

Numerous adults and some juveniles of the oribatid mite Archegozetes magnus (Trhypochthoniidae) were collected from a single adult male túngara frog, Engystomops pustulosus (Leptodactylidae), in Panama. This is the first record of a non-parasitic mite species found on an anuran.

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