Species Pneumonyssus simicola Banks, 1901

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• Pneumonyssus simicola Banks, N. 1901. A new genus of endoparasitic acarians. Geneeskundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch--Indië 41: 334-336.

Introduction

Pneumonyssus simicola occurs naturally in African monkeys, and can become a serious pest in laboratory and captive primates (Yunker, 1973; Mullen & OConnor, 2009).

General References

Domrow, R. 1988. Acari Mesostigmata parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 817-948 (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Fain, A. 1961. Sur le statut de deux espèces d'acariens du genre Pneumonyssus Banks decrites par H. Vitzthum. Designation d'un neotype pour Pneumonyssus simicola Banks, 1901 (Mesostigmata, Halarachnidae). Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 21: 141-150 (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Furman, D.P., Bonasch, H., Springsteen, R., Stiller, D. & Rahlmann, D.F. 1974. Studies on the biology of the lung mite, Pneumonyssus simicola Banks (Acarina : Halarachnidae) and diagnosis of infestation in macaques. Laboratory Animal Science 24: 622-629 (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Innes, J.R.M., Colton, M.W., Yevich, P.P. & Smith, C.L. 1954. Pulmonary acariasis as an enzootic disease caused by Pneumonyssus simicola in imported monkeys. American Journal of Pathology 30: 813-835 (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Kim, J.C.S. 1978. Pathobiology of pulmonary acariasis in old world monkeys. Acarologia 19: 371-383 (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Mullen, G.R. & OConnor, B.M. 2009. Mites (Acari). pp. 433-492 in Mullen, G.R. & Durden, L.A. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2. (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Strandtmann, R.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1958. Manual of Mesostigmatid Mites. Contribution number 4, Institute of Acarology, College Park, Maryland. 330 pp. 60 pls (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

Yunker, C.E. 1973. Mites. pp. 425-492 in Flynn, R.J. (ed.). Parasites of Laboratory Animals. Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University Press. (as Pneumonyssus simicola)

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