Ectoparasites of Brazilian free-tailed bats with emphasis on anatomical site preferences for Chiroptonyssus robustipes (Acari: Macronyssidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-485

  Spears, Ronald E ^a,b   Durden, Lance A ^a   Hagan, Daniel V ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Anatomical preferences; Chiroptera; Ectoparasites; Macronyssidae; Mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CHEYLETIDAE; CHIROPTERA; CIMEX; CIMEX ADJUNCTUS; CIMEX PILOSELLUS; HEMIPTERA; MACRONYSSIDAE; MOLOSSIDAE; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTIDAE; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; UROPODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES;

EID: 0033158367     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.481     Document Type: Article

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