Adaptive radiation in the parasitic Mesostigmata
1969 - Volume: 11 Issue: 3 pages: 450-483
Keywords
Acari
phylogeny
parasitic Mesostigmata
Dermanyssoidea
classification
distribution
Laelapidae
life cycles
Macronyssidae
Abstract
The Mesostigmata associated with vertebrates are treated with respect to the origin and evolution of parasitism, phylogenetic relationships of suprageneric groups and among genera of the Macronyssidae, relevance of certain morphological and biological modifications to parasitic modes of life, feeding relationships, and host specificity.
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