First report of mites of the genusLeptus(Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) on the endemic kissing bugMepraia spinolai(Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Volume: 41, Issue: 5, Pages: 393 - 394
Published: May 13, 2015
Abstract
In this study, we report the first record of mites of the genus Leptus (Latreille, 1796) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) found on the triatomine Mepraia spinolai (Maza, Gajardo and Jorg, 1940) (Hemiptera: Rudiviidae), one of the three endemic triatomine species responsible for the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (Trypanosomatida) (Chagas, 1908), the causative agent of Chagas disease, in...
Paper Details
Title
First report of mites of the genusLeptus(Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) on the endemic kissing bugMepraia spinolai(Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Published Date
May 13, 2015
Volume
41
Issue
5
Pages
393 - 394
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