A new species of Arrenurus (Acari, Parasitengona, Hydrachnidia) found in the crop of a Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris in Bolivia

New findings of organismal dispersal by other organisms can help explain the distribution of species to remote places. In this work, I describe a male and a female of a new water mite species of the genus Arrenurus that were found in the crop of an Anas flavirostris duck near Cochabamba, Bolivia. Bo...

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Autor: Valdecasas, Antonio G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/223727
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/223727
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Water mite
Anas flavirostris
Crops
Bolivia
Dispersal
New species
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Sumario:New findings of organismal dispersal by other organisms can help explain the distribution of species to remote places. In this work, I describe a male and a female of a new water mite species of the genus Arrenurus that were found in the crop of an Anas flavirostris duck near Cochabamba, Bolivia. Both specimens were complete; however, it is unknown if they were alive and, thus, potentially viable at the time of collection. This study also represents the first reported finding of water mites in a bird crop.