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Dermanyssus gallinoides n. sp. (Mesostigmata: Laelaptoidea: Dermanyssidae), an Acarine Parasite of Woodpeckers in Western North America1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2012
Abstract
Dermanyssus gallinoides is described as a new species of mite. It is parasitic on a sapsucker in British Columbia and has been collected from the nests of a red-shafted flicker and Lewis’ woodpecker in Colorado.
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