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1 August 2006 SEASONAL VARIATION IN PARASITISM BY LEPTUS MITES (ACARI, ERYTHRAEIDAE) UPON THE HARVESTMAN, LEIOBUNUM FORMOSUM (OPILIONES, SCLEROSOMATIDAE)
Victor R. Townsend Jr., Kimberly A. Mulholland, Jennifer O. Bradford, Daniel N. Proud, Katie M. Parent
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Abstract

We recorded the number of ectoparasitic erythraeid mite larvae (Leptus sp. Latreille 1796) that were attached to 1241 Leiobunum formosum Wood 1870 from a population in southeastern Virginia. The prevalence of infestation (percent of individuals parasitized) exhibited significant annual and seasonal variation, ranging from 0.5% to 20.3%. The mean intensity of infestation (number of mites per parasitized individual) varied from 1.0 to 1.3, with a maximum observed intensity of 3 mites/individual. This study provides the first description of annual and seasonal variation in mite infestation of harvestmen.

Victor R. Townsend Jr., Kimberly A. Mulholland, Jennifer O. Bradford, Daniel N. Proud, and Katie M. Parent "SEASONAL VARIATION IN PARASITISM BY LEPTUS MITES (ACARI, ERYTHRAEIDAE) UPON THE HARVESTMAN, LEIOBUNUM FORMOSUM (OPILIONES, SCLEROSOMATIDAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 34(2), 492-494, (1 August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1636/T05-44.1
Received: 7 April 2005; Published: 1 August 2006
KEYWORDS
ectoparasites
eryrthraeids
harvestmen
mites
variation
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