Leptotrombidium myotis
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]
| Leptotrombidium myotis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombiculidae |
| Genus: | Leptotrombidium |
| Species: | L. myotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrombidium myotis (Ewing, 1929) | |
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References
- 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.
- 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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