REDISCOVERY OF MERISTASPIS LATERALIS (KOLENATI) (ACARI: MESOSTIGMATA: SPINTURNICIDAE) PARASITIZING THE EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT, ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS (GEOFFROY) (MAMMALIA: CHIROPTERA), WITH A KEY TO MITES OF BATS IN EGYPT | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 4, Volume 44, Issue 1, April 2014, Pages 25-32 PDF (481.18 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90694 | ||
| Authors | ||
| MOHAMED W. NEGM; MAHMOUD M. FAKEER | ||
| Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Faunistic information about bat mites in Egypt is scarce. Collection records of parasitic mites, Meristaspis lateralis (Kolenati, 1856) (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae), are reported from the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Assiut Governorate, Egypt. Seven species of bat mites are recognized from Egypt to date. A hostparasite checklist and an identification key to these species are presented. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acari; mites; key; bats; Chiroptera; Egypt | ||
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