Abstract
The results of a survey of spinturnicid mites (Gamasida: Spinturnicidae) infesting bats near Brasília, D.F., Brazil, are presented. One hundred twenty-five bats were collected, representing three families and 15 species. Seven species of spinturnicid mites (genus Periglischrus) were collected from nine species of bats (family Phyllostomidae). Each of the following six species of Periglischrus was associated with a single species of bat: Periglischrus acutisternus Machado-Allison and P. torrealbai Machado-Allison on Phyllostomus discolor Wagner; P. paravargasi Herrin and Tipton on Anoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy); P. caligus Kolenati on Glossophaga soricina (Pallas); P. ojasti Machado-Allison on Sturnira lilium (E. Geoffroy); P. herrerai Machado-Allison on Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy). P. iheringi Oudemans was collected from four species of bats (Artibeus cinereus (Gervais), A. jamaicensis Leach, A. literatus (Olfers), and Vampyrops lineatus (E. Geoffroy]. No spinturnicids were found on Carollia perspecillata (L.) or on molossid or vespertilionid bats.
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