New Ectoparasite Records for Bats in West Virginia and a Review of Previous Records

Autor:	Dale W. Sparks, John O. Whitaker, Joseph S. Johnson, Nicholas S. Gikas
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Myotis leibii Myotis septentrionalis biology Ecology Androlaelaps casalis West virginia biology.organism_classification Leptotrombidium Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Euschoengastia
Zdroj:	Northeastern Naturalist. 18:527-533
ISSN:	1938-5307 1092-6194
DOI:	10.1656/045.018.0410
Popis:	We collected ectoparasites from 5 Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Myotis) and 12 Myotis leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Myotis) captured in Grant County, WV during summer 2008. We recovered Euschoengastia pipistrelli from Northern Myotis and Leptotrombidium myotis, Androlaelaps casalis, Cryptonysuss desultorius, and Ornithodorus kelleyi from Eastern Small-Footed Myotis. This is the first report of parasites from either bat in West Virginia, and each ectoparasite species collected represents a new state host locality record, with C. desultorius and O. kelleyi being new state records. Because records of ectoparasites are often widely scattered and both bats have undergone extensive taxonomic revision, we summarize all available records of ectoparasites from both species of bats.
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