Mites (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae and Spelaeorhynchidae) Associated With Bats in Northeast Brazil
| Autor: | Marcela R. M. Daher, Carlos Eduardo Borges Pinto Ribeiro, Michel P. Valim, Fábio A. M. Soares, Gustavo Corrêa Valença, Filipe Dantas-Torres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Spinturnicidae
Mite Infestations Mites Carollia perspicillata General Veterinary biology Sturnira lilium Plant Extracts Platyrrhinus lineatus Zoology biology.organism_classification Infectious Diseases Chiroptera Insect Science Prevalence Animals Parasitology Mesostigmata Phyllostomus discolor Brazil Artibeus Artibeus planirostris |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 46:712-715 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1603/033.046.0340 |
| Popis: | In this article, we present the results of a study about mites associated with bats collected in the State of Pernambuco, northeast Brazil. Of the 331 bats collected, 23 were found naturally infested by mites, corresponding to an overall prevalence of 6.9% (95% confidence interval: 4.5–10.2). Four mite species were collected from seven bat species. The following mite-bat associations were recorded: Periglischrus acutisternus Machado-Allison on Phyllostomus discolor Wagner; Periglischrus ojastii Oudemans on Carollia perspicillata L.; Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans on Artibeus lituratus (Olfers), Artibeus planirostris Spix, Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy), and Sturnira lilium (E. Geoffroy); and Spelaeorhynchus praecursor Neumann on C. perspicillata. This study definitively confirms the presence of S. praecursor in Pernambuco and records for the first time the presence of three spinturnicid species (i.e., P. acutisternus, P. ojastii, and P. iheringi) in northeast Brazil. |
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