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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

W. Wayne Moss
W. Wayne Moss
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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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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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 6 , June 1966 , pp. 635 - 638
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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