Contribution About The Knowledge Oflepronyssoides Pereirai(Fonseca, 1935) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): Hosts And Distribution

The genusLepronyssoidesFonseca comprises four Neotropical species associated mainly with rodents. One of these species,L. pereirai(Fonseca), has been recorded parasitizing rodents and marsupials in several states of the north, northeast, and central-west regions of Brazil. This study is based on samples housed at the Acari Collection of the Butantan Institute (IBSP) and the National Collection of Ectoparasites and Vectors of the Univasf (NCEV-Univasf, Petrolina, PE, Brazil). It includes the first record ofL. pereiraifor the states of Piaui, Mato Grosso do Sul, and new host-associations withThrichomys pachyurus, T. laurentiusandOecomys cleberi.