Protozoan parasites of Musca domestica Linnaeus (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE) from Lima. Two new records in Peru

The goal of this research was to increase the knowledge of two parasitic protozoa: Herpetomonas muscarum (Leidy, 1856) Ken, 1880 and Octosporea muscaedomesticae Flu, 1911, in Musca domestica. Both represent new records in Peru. The H. muscarum leptomonad are 36 µ long and are larger than the ones c...

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Main Authors: Martín Cárdenas, Rosa Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Biología
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Online Access:http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/6478