Pereira A I A, Fadini M A M, Pikart T G, Zanuncio J C, Serrão J E
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
Braz J Biol. 2012 Aug;72(3):611-6. doi: 10.1590/s1519-69842012000300026.
New hosts and parasitism notes for the mite Leptus (Acari: Erythraeidae) in Brazil. Larval erythraeid mites are common ectoparasites of harvestmen (Opiliones). Studies describing insects as potential hosts have received little attention. Specimens of an undescribed species of the genus Leptus were collected in association with predatory and phytophagous Heteroptera bugs in a secondary forest in Viçosa, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. New mite-host records and information on seasonality of this mite are presented.
巴西螨类瘦螨属（蜱螨亚纲：赤螨科）的新宿主及寄生情况记录。赤螨科幼螨是盲蛛（盲蛛目）常见的体表寄生虫。将昆虫描述为潜在宿主的研究很少受到关注。在巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州维索萨的一片次生林中，采集到了一种未描述过的瘦螨属物种的标本，它们与捕食性和植食性异翅目昆虫相关联。本文给出了该螨类新的宿主记录以及有关其季节性的信息。
