Caparinia tripilis on African Pygmy Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris)

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Description: English: Caparinia tripilis collected on an African Pygmy Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), morphological details. Embryonated eggs, shells and immature stages (A, B). Larval stage (C). Protonimph female, posterior tubules (black arrow) (D). Adult or ovigera female (ventral) (E); on the posterior edge of the body, there is the copulatory bursa (black arrow) and two pairs of long setae; on the dorsal region, in the humeral area, has two long setae fixed in small oval distinct shields -dorsal view (F) (black arrows). The male has the third pair of legs very long (black arrow), and the fourth, very short (G), with ambulacre on all pairs, and two posterior lobes (double black arrows); each lobe is trilobed, provided with three long settae (single black arrows) (H); a pair of copulatory cups situated posteriorly (black arrow) (H) with which attaches itself to the posterior tubers of deutonymphs (I), forming pairs. Date: 2018. Source: The dermatitis by Caparinia tripilis and Microsporum , in african pygmy hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) in Romania – first report ; Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet. 27 (4) • Oct-Dec 2018 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-296120180053. Author: Olimpia Iacob & Adriana Iftinca.