Africa Checklist of: Families, Genera, and Species of Ectoparasitic Mites Found in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions | ||||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2009, Page 73-81 PDF (1.37 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2009.4969 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Kawther El Kammah; Hanan Gabr | ||||
| Zoology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University,Giza,Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This Checklist includes 23 families, 74 Genera, 281 species of ectoparasitic mites distributed in 23 countries in Africa throughout the Palaearetic and Afrotropical regions. Data collected from Cameroons was the highest (20.5%), followed by S. Africa (17.5%), Egypt (14.5%). Data collected ranged from 0.5 to 5.0% from each of the other 20 countries included. Parasitic mites on birds belong to 14 families (7 infest skin and 7 feather mites). Their hosts belong to: Class: Aves:- Order: Anseriformes (duck, fowl, turkey…etc.). Columbiformes (pigeon, dove …etc.), Passeriformes (canary, sparrows…etc.). Parasitic mites on animals belong to 9 families (4 mycoptic mange, 2 itch mites, one hair follicle mange and 2 skin tissue mites).Their hosts belong to: Class: Mammalia: Order: Carnivora (dogs, cats,…etc.), Perissodactyla-(horses…etc.), Artiosdactyla (sheep, pig, goats…etc.), Lagomorpha (rabbits…etc.), Rodentia, (rodents…etc), Primates (man…etc). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Africa; Palaearetic; Afrotropical; Acari; Ectoparasitic mites | ||||
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