Leptotrombidium myotis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Leptotrombidium
Species:
L. myotis
Binomial name
Leptotrombidium myotis
(Ewing, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Trombicula myotis H.E. Ewing, 1929

Leptotrombidium myotis is a species of mites in the family Trombiculidae that parasitizes bats. Species that it affects include the Arizona myotis, little brown bat, and northern long-eared bat.[1][2]

References

  1. Valdez, Ernest W.; Ritzi, Christopher M.; Whitaker, John O. (2009). "Ectoparasites of the Occult Bat,Myotis occultus(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Western North American Naturalist. 69 (3): 364–370. doi:10.3398/064.069.0310. S2CID 36345637.
  2. Poissant, Joseph A.; Broders, Hugh G. (2008). "Ectoparasite Prevalence in Myotis lucifugus and M. Septentrionalis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) During Fall Migration at Hayes Cave, Nova Scotia". Northeastern Naturalist. 15 (4): 515–522. doi:10.1656/1092-6194-15.4.515. S2CID 59152757.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.