Primeiro registro do Ácaro Psoralges libertus Trouessart, 1896 em Canal Auditivo de Tamanduá-Bandeira Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 de vida livre
2021
Zoological parks are an excellent source of biological material for research,
as they often receive free-living wild animals. The present report discusses the
occurrence of mites in the ear canal in a free-living anteater in the Metropolitan Region
of Sorocaba, forwarded to the Sorocaba Zoo. During the clinical examination of the
animal ectoparasites were located and collected. The mites were collected from the ear
canal and were deposited in plastic pots with 70% alcohol, then sent to the National
Reference Laboratory for Rickettsial Diseases Vectors (LIRN) of the Oswaldo Cruz
Institute (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ). Using taxonomic specific keys and
with the aid of a microscope, the species Psoralges libertus Trouessart, 1896 was morphologically identified. This species was reported in another species from the Order
Pilosa, but it is the first record of Psoralges libertus parasitizing a free-living
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758.
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