Ectoparasites of the Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx Torquatus) on Bathurst Island, N.W.T., Canada

The following ectoparasites were obtained from 52 specimens of the Collared Lemming ( Dicrostonyx torquatus ) on Bathurst Island, N.W.T., Canada. Anoplura: Hoplopleura acanthopus (Burmeister) (on 21 hosts); Acarina: Laelaps alaskensis Grant (27 hosts), Hirstionyssus isabellinus (Oudemans) (15 hosts)...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Medical Entomology
Main Authors: Gill, David, Strandtmann, R. W.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1977
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Bathurst Island
Canada
Dicrostonyx torquatus
Mite
Online Access:http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/14/1/101
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/14.1.101
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Summary:The following ectoparasites were obtained from 52 specimens of the Collared Lemming ( Dicrostonyx torquatus ) on Bathurst Island, N.W.T., Canada. Anoplura: Hoplopleura acanthopus (Burmeister) (on 21 hosts); Acarina: Laelaps alaskensis Grant (27 hosts), Hirstionyssus isabellinus (Oudemans) (15 hosts), Haemogamasus ambulans (Thorell) (13 hosts), Radfordia macdonaldi , n. sp. (4 hosts), and Myocoptes japonensis canadensis Radford (3 hosts). In addition, about 20 hypopi of the scavenger mite Dermacarus hypudaei (Koch) were found on 1 host. The new myobiid, Radfordia macdonaldi , is described and illustrated.

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