Title

Patterns In Attachment Sites Of The Parasite Hydrachna Guanajuatensis Cook, 1980 (Acari: Hydrachnidiae) On Aquatic Heteropterans (Nepomorpha) From The Tecocomulco Lake, Mexico

Keywords

Corixidae; ectoparasitism; Hydrachna guanajuatensis; Hydrachnidiae; Mexico; Nepidae; Notonectidae

Abstract

The water mite Hydrachna guanajuatensis Cook, 1980 is recorded as an ectoparasite of Ranatra sp. (Nepidae), Notonecta sp., Buenoa sp. (Notonectidae), Krizousacorixa femorata (Guérin, 1857), Trichocorixella mexicana (Hungerford, 1927), and Hesperocorixa laevigata (Uhler, 1893) (Corixidae). The host body region, where the larvae and protonymph attach, depends significantly on the heteropteran species: χ2 = 3969.43, p < 0.05 and χ2 = 1893.6, p < 0.05, respectively. We performed a cross tabulation with a correspondence analysis and found three associations for the larvae: 1) dorsal side of abdomen underneath the wings of the two species of Notonectidae, 2) head, wings, and hind legs of two of the species of Corixidae (T. mexicana and K. femorata), and 3) thorax and fore and middle legs of the single species of Nepidae. These different patterns are discussed according to morphological and ecological characteristics of the hosts. This is the first study that deals with the spatial distribution patterns within the same species of ectoparasite.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Aquatic Insects

Volume

36

Issue

1

Number of Pages

23-33

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2014.992441

Socpus ID

84926076668 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84926076668

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