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- Title
Hannemania sp. larvae (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) in Leptodactylusluctator (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in the Pampa biome, southern Brazil.
- Authors
Wolter, Juliana H.; Mascarenhas, Carolina S.; Chaviel, Bruna M.; Henzel, Ana Beatriz D.; Silva, Ricardo R. C.; Lira, Frank; Müller, Gertrud
- Abstract
The study aims to register Hannemania larvae in Leptodactylus luctator and their infestation rates in an area of the Pampa biome at the extreme south of Brazil. Forty-six specimens of L. luctator (25 females: 21 males) collected in an urban area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul were examined. The prevalence of mites was 93.5%, and 4207 larvae were collected. The mean intensity of infestation was 97.8 mites/host (6-379). There were no significant differences in the prevalence and mean intensity of infestation between male and female hosts. There was no relationship between abundance of larvae and size of anurans. The study increases knowledge of the parasitic fauna and its parasitological indices in anurans from extreme south of Brazil.
- Subjects
PAMPAS (Argentina); BRAZIL; RIO Grande do Sul (Brazil : State); LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LARVAE; MITES; BIOMES; ANURA; CITIES &; towns; FROGS
- Publication
Cuadernos de Herpetología, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0326-551X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31017/CdH.2021.(2021-004)