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No. 18 (23 Feb. 2004): 1-8                                        Accepted: 22 Dec. 2003

Two new species of Listrocarpus Fain (Acari: Atopomelidae) from Cebus capucinus Linnaeus and Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt (Primates: Cebidae) in Costa Rica

ADRIANA TROYO, MAYRA E. SOLANO & OLGER CALDERÓN-ARGUEDAS
Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Microbiología, Univer-sidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, email: atroyo@cariari.ucr.ac.cr

Abstract

Two new species of Listrocarpus Fain, 1967 (Acari: Atopomelidae): L. capucinus sp. nov. and L. costaricensis sp. nov., are described from the hair of white faced capuchin (Cebus capucinus Linnaeus, 1758) and squirrel (Saimiri oerstedii Reinhardt, 1872) monkeys in the Central Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Key words: Atopomelidae, fur mite, Listrocarpus capucinus, Listrocarpus costaricensis, capuchin monkey, squirrel monkey

 

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