Abstract

Chirnyssoides parasitizes the anterior and posterior edges of bat wing membranes. Possibly due to a lack of studies, its distribution is believed to be restricted to a few countries of Central and South America, but its actual range is probably wider. The purpose of this paper is to report the presence of Chirnyssoides amazonae on the bat Carollia perspicillata in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to present a checklist of hosts and localities for Chirnyssoides. Eleven females and 22 egg clusters of C. amazonae were collected from 11 individuals of C. perspicillata captured in Tinguá Biological Reserve using mist nets. Our search of the literature came up with 69 records of Chirnyssoides. There are reports of Chirnyssoides caparti, Chirnyssoides amazonae, Chirnyssoides brasiliensis and Chirnyssoides phyllostomus in Brazil. This paper reports the first record of Chirnyssoides amazonae in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the second in Brazil, indicating that their known distribution extends to the south. There are records of C. amazonae and C. surinamensis parasitizing C. perspicillata, but this is the first record of C. amazonae on C. perspicillata in Brazil.

Highlights

  • Chirnyssoides Fain 1959 is a genus of the family Sarcoptidae associated with the anterior and posterior edges of bat wing membranes (FAIN; LUKOSCHUS, 1971), which parasitize exclusively Phyllostomidae and Noctilionidae

  • The purpose of this paper is to report the presence of Chirnyssoides amazonae on the bat Carollia perspicillata in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to present a checklist of hosts and localities for Chirnyssoides

  • This paper reports the first record of Chirnyssoides amazonae in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the second in Brazil, indicating that their known distribution extends to the south

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Introduction

Chirnyssoides Fain 1959 is a genus of the family Sarcoptidae associated with the anterior and posterior edges of bat wing membranes (FAIN; LUKOSCHUS, 1971), which parasitize exclusively Phyllostomidae and Noctilionidae. The known distribution of Chirnyssoides is restricted to a few Central and South American countries (FAIN, 1959, 1960, 1962; FAIN; LUKOSCHUS, 1971, 1975; WEBB; LOOMIS, 1977; KLOMPEN, 1992), probably due to lack of research. The most recent study, conducted by Klompen (1992), emphasizes the phylogeny of sarcoptic mites, providing several new records and a dichotomous key for Chirnyssoides species. The purpose of this paper is to record C. amazonae parasitizing Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast Brazil, and to present a checklist of hosts and localities for Chirnyssoides

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