First record of Aceria aloinis (Eriophyidae) on Aloe arborescens in central México

Neurosystasis Satchell is newly recorded in Mexico by means of the description of a new species. Specimens captured in a tropical deciduous forest in southern Puebla, central Mexico, were examined and determined as a species new to science. The male and female are described based on morphological characteristics. Neurosystasis longistylis sp. nov. is similar in appearance to Neurosystasis saltenia (Omad, Mangudo & Gleiser, 2015), but is readily distinguished based on characters of the head, wing, and male genitalia. In both species, R2+3 is attached to vein R4, the wing membrane is infuscate with dark spots on vein apices, and lacks sensory organs near the apex of Sc, characters not present in other species of Neurosystasis, and for that reasons we proposed the recovery of Chuspilepia from its synonym and validate it as a subgenus of Neurosystasis to include both continental species.

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Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) prevalence and first record of Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis, 1826) in domestic dogs in north-central México

Journal of Dairy Veterinary & Animal Research ◽

10.15406/jdvar.2018.07.00207 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Aldo Iván Ortega Morales

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Domestic Dogs ◽

Central Mexico ◽

North Central ◽

Ctenocephalides Canis

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First quantitative data on the ectoparasitic mites of Sceloporus torquatus (Squamata) from the Ecological Reserve of Pedregal de San Angel in Central Mexico

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20184292 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 868-874

Author(s):

Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo ◽

Luis García-Prieto ◽

J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega

Keyword(s):

Mexico City ◽

Host Species ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

First Record ◽

Mite Species ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Mean Intensity ◽

Ecological Reserve

Twenty four live lizards Sceloporus torquatus were collected in the rainy season in the Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal de San Ángel (REPSA) in Mexico City to establish their ectoparasite census. A total of 1251 mites belonging to four species in three families (Ornithodoros talaje in Argasidae, Geckobiella pelaezi and Geckobiella texana in Pterygosomatidae, and Eutrombicula alfreddugesi in Trombiculidae) were collected. This is the first record of O. talajei for this host species. We detected some differences in the infestation parameters of the four mite species. The prevalence of G. pelaezi, G. texana, and E. alfreddugesi was relatively high (>70%) and statistically different from that of O. talaje (<20%). Abundances of G. pelaezi and E. alfreddugesi were higher than in O. talaje and G. texana, and the latter species showed the lowest mean intensity. Further investigations are necessary to verify these differences and reveal their causes.

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Illustrated record of the freshwater copepod Leptodiaptomus dodsoni (Calanoida, Diaptomidae) from central Mexico with comments on the distribution of the genus

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032010000200039 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 409-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcelo Silva-Briano ◽

Eduardo Suárez-Morales

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Calanoid Copepod ◽

Original Description ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Central Mexico ◽

Nominal Species ◽

Distal Margin ◽

Western Mexico ◽

The Right

The freshwater planktonic calanoid copepod Leptodiaptomus dodsoni Elías-Gutiérrez, Suárez-Morales & Romano, 1999, a rare species known only from western Mexico, is here recorded from the State of Aguascalientes, central Mexico. This species has a uniquely large, sinuous spine on segment 13 of the right male antennule, reaching the distal margin of segment 15. There are subtle differences between these two known populations; the morphological range of the species is complemented with data from the new specimens. This is the first record of L. dodsoni after its original description; it is probably restricted to a latitudinal fringe in central Mexico. Of the 22 nominal species of Leptodiaptomus currently recognized, up to 7 are known from the Neotropical region and some appear to be true endemics. Apparently, this primarily Nearctic genus radiated in North America and some species reached the Neotropical region where they diversified. A key for the identification of the species of the genus known from the Neotropical region is also provided.

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