Three new species of Macrocheles (Acari, Gamasida, Macrochelidae) associated with 3-toed sloths, Bradypus spp (Edentata, Bradypodidae), in Brazil and Surinam
1983 - Volume: 24 Issue: 1 pages: 3-12
Keywords
Systematic
phoresy
Macrochelid
pisentii s. g.
Robustvlvs s. g.
coevolution
Abstract
Descriptions are presented of three new species of Macrocheles collected from 3-toed sloths (Bradypus spp.) and/or from scarabaeine beetles associated with these arboreal edentates. The position of the mites in the slothscarab system is discussed
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