Spinturnix americanus
Spinturnix americanus is a species of mite that parasitizes bat wings. It was described as a new species in 1902 by American entomologist Nathan Banks. Banks initially placed it in the now-defunct genus Pteroptus. The holotype had been collected from a bat in a cave in Indiana.[1] Species that it affects include the little brown bat, northern long-eared bat,[2] and riparian myotis.[3] It has been documented affecting bats in Indiana and Pennsylvania in the United States,[2] Nova Scotia in Canada,[4] and Mato Grosso in Brazil.[3]
| Spinturnix americanus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Spinturnicidae |
| Genus: | Spinturnix |
| Species: | S. americanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Spinturnix americanus (Banks, 1902) | |
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References
- Banks, Nathan (1902). "New Genera and Species of Acarians". The Canadian Entomologist. 34 (7): 171–176. doi:10.4039/Ent34171-7.
- Dick, Carl W.; Gannon, Michael R.; Little, Wendy E.; Patrick, Michael J. (2003). "Ectoparasite Associations of Bats from Central Pennsylvania". Journal of Medical Entomology. 40 (6): 813–819. doi:10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.813. PMID 14765658.
- Almeida, Juliana Cardoso de; Martins, Mayara Almeida; Guedes, Patrícia Gonçalves; Peracchi, Adriano Lucio; Serra-Freire, Nicolau Maues (2016). "New records of mites (Acari: Spinturnicidae) associated with bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in two Brazilian biomes: Pantanal and Caatinga" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 25 (1): 18–23. doi:10.1590/S1984-29612016005. PMID 26982558.
- 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.
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