Verificou-se a ocorrência de insetos associados a rações industriais para cães e gatos. Coletas simultâneas de péletes foram realizadas após a abertura dos sacos embalados na indústria e distribuídos para comercialização, no período de maio à novembro de 2003. Foram selecionadas para análise, seis diferentes tipos do total das marcas disponíveis para a venda no comércio da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Registrou-se a incidência dos besouros Necrobia rufipes e Oryzaephilus surinamensis.

The occurrence of insects associated with pet foods was verified in simultaneous collections of peletes accomplished after the opening of the sacks wrapped in the industry and distributed for commercialization, in the period of may to november of 2003. There were selected for analysis six different types of the total available marks for sale in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The incidence of the beetles Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Necrobia rufipes was testified.

Variation between aeropile numbers of the right and left peritrematic plate in male and female Anocentor nitens (Neumann, 1897) is reported from a site in Brazil. From January to December 1998, 146 males and 247 females of A. nitens were recovered from Equus caballus L. in Silva Jardim District, State of Rio de Janeiro. Asymmetry of numbers of aeropiles between right and left plates occurred in 83.6% of the males and 82.2% of the females. Differences in the number of aeropiles between the sexes were not significant. Quantitative variation of aeropiles was correlated to the period of recovery, with significant asymmetry detected in August-September and November-December, mainly in males. Results suggest an adaptation, especially in the male ticks, that expresses itself as greater variation in the number of aeropiles in some periods of the year.

Mites collected from the auditory canal of Cebus apella (capuchin monkey), family Cebidae, were identified as Fonsecalges johnjadini (Psoroptidae, Cebalginae). It is the first record of this parasite from this monkey. This paper emphasizes the importance of clinical and anatomopathological examinations for parasitic diagnosis in wild animals.