TY - JOUR AU - Yáñez-Meza, Andrea Paz AU - Moreno Salas, Lucila del Carmen AU - Botto-Mahan, Carezza PY - 2018/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Ectoparasites of the endemic rodent Abrocoma bennetti (Hystricomorpha: Abrocomidae) from semiarid Chile JF - Gayana JA - Gayana VL - 82 IS - 1 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.4067/S0717-65382018000100094 UR - https://gayana.cl/index.php/gn/article/view/51 SP - 94-97 AB - <p>A total of 13 individuals of the <em>Abrocoma bennetti</em> rodent were captured and 354 ectoparasites belonging to 10 different species were collected and analyzed. The most abundant species was a Phithraptera, <em>Monogyropus longus</em> (62%), followed by Siphonaptera <em>Delostichus smiti</em> (23%). In this study <em>Gyropus distinctus </em>(15%) is reported as new record for <em>A. bennetti</em>, previously described for <em>Octodon degus</em>, a rodent usually living in sympatry with <em>A. bennetti. </em>For the first time the mites <em>Ornithonyssus </em>sp. and <em>Androlaelaps fahrenholzi</em> are recorded in this rodent species.</p> ER -