Abstract
Abstract Oribatid mites were collected from three pastures in northcentral Florida grazed by goats parasitized by Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi). Cysticercoids were found in Galumna flagelliferum, G. minuta, G. parva, Scheloribates lanceoliger, Zygoribatula floridana and Tectocepheus velatus. All species except T. velatus and S. lanceoliger are new records of oribatid mites infected with anoplocephalid cysticercoids. Rates of infection ranged from 0.2% in Z. floridana (n = 2,415) to 5.9% in G. flagelliferum (n = 36). Females of G. parva, T. velatus and S. lanceoliger, infected with one or more cysticercoids, had significantly fewer eggs (t-test, p < 0.05) than non-parasitized females. Zygoribatula floridana, Ceratozetes sp. and S. lanceoliger were experimentally infected with cysticercoids of M. expansa..
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