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JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
Volume 107, Issue 1, Pages 108-114Publisher
ALLEN PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1645/20-145
Keywords
Ectoparasites; Gray mouse lemur; Host associations; Madagascar
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- Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation [0961779]
- German Academic Exchange Service [A/09/81743]
- Animal Behaviour Society
- PEO Scholar Award
- American Philosophical Society (Lewis and Clark Fund), Sigma Xi [G2009101504]
- American Society of Primatologists, Sigma Xi (Arizona State University chapter)
- Graduate and Professional Student Association of Arizona State University
- School of Human Evolution and Social Change of Arizona State University
- Dissertation Writing Fellowship from the Graduate College of Arizona State University
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [16-04-00145-a]
- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [AAAA-A19-119020790133-6]
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie [0961779] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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During 2010-2011, a study in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar collected eight species of ectoparasites from 225 gray mouse lemurs, with the ixodid tick Haemaphysalis lemuris being the most common. Tick infestation was significantly higher in August compared to October, while louse infestation was higher in October. Male lemurs had more lice than females, but reproductive status did not predict tick infestation.
Eight species of ectoparasites were collected during 225 gray mouse lemur, Microcebus murinus (J. F. Miller), captures, in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar, in 2010-2011. The ixodid tick, Haemaphysalis lemuris Hoogstraal, was the most common ectoparasite and was mostly represented by nymphs. Other ectoparasites recorded include the polyplacid sucking louse, Lemurpediculus madagascariensis Durden, Kessler, Radespiel, Zimmermann, Hasiniaina, and Zohdy; the ixodid tick, Haemaphysalis simplex Neumann; an undescribed laelapid mite in the genus Aetholaelaps; another laelapid belonging to the genus Androlaelaps; the chigger mite Schoutedenichia microcebi Stekolnikov; an undescribed species of atopomelid mite in the genus Listrophoroides; and an undescribed species of psoroptid mite in the genus Cheirogalalges. Except for the 2 species of ticks and 1 species of chigger, these ectoparasites may be host-specific to M. murinus. Total tick (H. lemuris and H. simplex) infestation was significantly greater in August than October, whereas louse (L. madagascariensis) infestation was significantly greater in October. There was no significant difference in tick infestations between male and female lemurs, but male lemurs had significantly more lice than female lemurs. Reproductive status was not a significant predictor of tick infestation in males and females.
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