Redescription of antarctophthirus microchir (Anoplura: Echinophthiriidae) from the South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens, from Patagonia, Argentina

• Published in: Journal of Parasitology
• Main Authors: Leonardi, María Soledad, Crespo, Enrique Alberto, Raga, Juan Antonio, Fernandez, Mercedes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Parasitologists
• Subjects: REDESCRIPTION; ANTARCTOPHTHIRUS MICROCHIR; FAMILY ECHINOPHTHIRIIDAE; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Fernandez; Patagonia; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94320

Antarctophthirus microchir was originally described from Phocarctos hookeri on the basis of 1 female and 1 male only. We redescribe adults and describe, for the first time, the 3 nymphal stages from specimens collected from Otaria flavescens from Patagonia, using light and scanning electron microsco...