“…Those from individuals obtained in Argentina include 1 specific sucking louse, Hoplopleura auliscomydis (Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae; described from specimens collected in Collon Cura, Neuquén- Castro et al 2001), and several fleas (Siphonaptera), Craneopsylla minerva wolffhuegeli (Stephanocircidae; on specimens from Estancia La Ensenada, Santa Cruz-Sá nchez 2007), Ctenoparia topali (Hystrichopsyllidae; on specimens from Lago Ñ orquinco, Neuquén), Agastopsylla boxi gibbossa (Ctenophthalmidae; type host: L. micropus, type locality: Cerro Chapelco, Neuquén), and Tetrapsyllus (Tetrapsyllus) tantillus (Rhopalopsyllidae; on specimens from Arroyo Chapelco and Lago Ñ orquinco, Neuquén-Beaucournu and Alcover 1989). From Chilean specimens, numerous fleas have been reported (Alarcó n 2000(Alarcó n , 2003Gallardo 1991, 1992) including Ctenoparia intermedia, C. jordani, C. topali (Hystrichopsyllidae); Agastopsylla boxi boxi, Chiliopsylla allophyla allophyla (Ctenophthalmidae); Barreropsylla excelsa, Sphinctopsylla ares (Stephanocircidae); and Ectinorus (Ectinorus) ixanus, Ectinorus (Ichyonus) onychius onychius, Listronius ulus, Tetrapsyllus (Tetrapsyllus) rhombus, and Tetrapsyllus (T.) tantillus (Rhopalopsyllidae). Only 1 endoparasite, the nematode Stylestrongilus valdivianus (Trichostrongyloidea; Heligmonellidae), has been recovered from L. micropus; it infects the small intestine of Chilean specimens (DuretteDesset and Murú a 1979; see also Pérez-Ponce de Leó n et al 2000).…”