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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 315-319Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv032
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Lemuroidea; ectoparasite; attachment site
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- Ambatovy Mining SA, Madagascar
- psoroptid mites and lice
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An examination of ectoparasite loads in two populations of wild diademed sifakas, Propithecus diadema Bennett, yielded seven species-four mite species, a louse, a hippoboscid fly, and a leech. Prevalence of the tick Haemaphysalis lemuris Hoogstraal, the mites Liponyssella madagascariensis (Hirst) and Lemuralges propithecus Bochkov et al., and the louse Trichophilopterus babakotophilus Stobbe was quite high, at least 20%. H. lemuris was the most common ectoparasite in one population, while completely absent in a second one. When present, the most common attachment site for H. lemuris males was in the nares of their hosts.
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