The snake tick [1] ( lat. Ophionyssus natricis ) is a species of ticks from the Macronyssidae family of the order Mesostigmata . Meet everywhere. Ectoparasites of snakes harm in vivariums and terrariums around the world [2] [3] [4] .
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Description
Small ticks, body length less than 1 mm (the length of the podnotum of females is 300 microns, width 276 microns). The subonotal disc is covered with 10 pairs of setae. They have only two dorsal scutes in females (large cephalothoracic and small rounded pygidial) and one in males. Parasites on snakes , found in vivariums and terrariums around the world [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Zahvatkin Yu.A. Acarology - The Science of Ticks: A History of Development. The current state. Systematics: Textbook. - M .: Book House "LIBROCOM", 2012. - S. 167. - ISBN 978-5-397-02126-5 .
- ↑ 1 2 María L. Moraza, Nancy R. Irwin, Raquel Godinho, Stuart JE Baird & Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq. A new species of Ophionyssus Mégnin (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitic on Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula, and a world key to species (English) // Zootaxa : journal. - 2009. - Vol. 2007 . - P. 58-68 .
- ↑ 1 2 Bregetova N.G. Gamasid mites (Gamasoidea). - M. — L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1956. - S. 159—161. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR. Issue 61).
- ↑ David Evans Walter: Macronyssidae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . Texas A&M University . Date of treatment July 28, 2014. Archived on August 7, 2010.
Literature
- Domrow R. 1985. Species of Ophionyssus Mégnin from Australian lizards and snakes (Acari: Dermanyssidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24 : 149-153.
- Domrow R. 1988. Acari Mesostigmata parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1 : 817-948.
- Domrow R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6 : 1459-1606.