THE LUNG MITE PNEUMONYSSUS SIMICOLA BANKS (HALARACHIDAE) IN LUNGS OF THE RHESUS MONKEY MACACA MULATTA

About author:

Leonovich S.A., Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

Annotation:

Location sites of the monkey lung mite were examined in dissected lungs of the rhesus monkey. All these sites were situated in terminal parts of bronchioles.

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