Ectoparasitic assemblages on mormoopid bats (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) from Puerto Rico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 953-958

  Kurta, Allen ^a   Whitaker Jr , John O ^b   Wrenn, William J ^c   Soto Centeno, Angel ^a,d  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Orange County Vector Control District   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Bat; Ectoparasite; Mormoopidae; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; FLY; HISPANIC; INFESTATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; MITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; CHIROPTERA; MORMOOPIDAE; MORMOOPS BLAINVILLII; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; PTERONOTUS; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; PTERONOTUS QUADRIDENS; SPINTURNICIDAE; STREBLIDAE; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 36749002295     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[953:EAOMBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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