Taxon | Species | Larva | Nymph | Male | Female | Total | Prevalence (%) | Mean abundance (±SE) |
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Fleas | Xenopsylla brasiliensis | - | - | 351 | 240 | 591 | 61.2 | 2.74 (±0.299) |
Chiastopsylla godfreyi | - | - | 75 | 113 | 188 | 28.7 | 0.87 (±0.150) | |
Epirimia aganippes | - | - | 91 | 127 | 218 | 26.9 | 1.01 (±0.171) | |
Dinopsyllus ellobius | - | - | 18 | - | 18 | 6 | 0.08 (±0.024) | |
Demeillonia granti | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0.5 | 0.00 (±0.005) | |
Lice | Hoplopleura aethomydis | - | - | 10 | 101 | 111 | 12 | 0.51 (±0.20) |
Hoplopleura patersoni | - | - | 162 | 31 | 193 | 16.2 | 0.89 (±0.270) | |
Polyplax praomydis | - | - | 14 | 7 | 21 | 5.1 | 0.10 (±0.039) | |
Mites | Trombiculidae (chiggers) | 3001 | - | - | - | 3001 | 25.9 | 13.89 (±3.235) |
Androlaelaps rhabdomysi | - | 84 | 33 | 63 | 180 | 20.4 | 0.83 (±0.231) | |
Androlaelaps marshalli | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.5 | 0.00 (±(0.005) | |
Androlaelaps zuluensis | - | - | - | 32 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.15 (±0.148) | |
Laelaps roubaudi | - | - | 4 | 27 | 31 | 3.7 | 0.14 (±0.087) | |
Laelaps simillimus | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.01 (±0.009) | |
Laelaps sp. | - | 5 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 5.6 | 0.21 (±0.136) | |
Ticks | R. appendiculatus | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0.9 | 0.01 (±0.007) |
R. warburtoni/arnoldi | 16 | 3 | - | - | 19 | 5.1 | 0.09 (±0.029) | |
R. decoloratus | 3 |  | - | - | 3 | 1.4 | 0.01 (±0.008) | |
R. distinctus | 956 | 306 | - | - | 1262 | 67.1 | 5.84 (±1.056) | |
R. evertsi evertsi | 4 |  | - | - | 4 | 1.9 | 0.02 (±0.009) | |
Rhipicephalus spp. | 2 |  | - | - | 2 | 0.9 | 0.01 (±0.007) | |
Haemaphysalis spp. | 382 | 67 | - | - | 449 | 35.6 | 2.07 (±0.636) | |
Ixodes spp. | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 1.4 | 0.02 (±0.015) |