Acari Ectoparasites of Bats from Minas Gerais, Brazil: Table 1

Abstract

Ectoparasites were recovered from Brazilian bats captured from April to November 1997 at or near Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Sixty bats were collected, representing three families and 13 species. Five Acari families were recorded: Myobiidae, Trombiculidae, Labidocarpidae, Macronyssidae, and Spinturnicidae. The macronyssid Radfordiella desmodi Radovsky (71 specimens) and the spinturnicid Periglichrus iheringi Oudemans (45 specimens) were the most abundant mite species. They were mainly recorded on Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy) and Artibeus litratus (Ofers), respectively. Among trombiculid chiggers, the genus Colicus Brennan (55 specimens) was predominant and found mainly on Carollia perspicillata (L.). The current study presents new data about host-parasite relationships and increases the understanding of geographical distribution for some mite and chigger species.

New records of mites (Acari: Spinturnicidae) associated with bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in two Brazilian biomes: Pantanal and Caatinga

“…Given this wide range of hosts, it is possible that P. iheringi in fact comprises a number of species (HERRIN & TIPTON, 1975). In Brazil, this mite has been reported in Artibeus lituratus (GETTINGER & GRIBEL, 1989;DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2009;SILVA et al, 2009;ALMEIDA et al, 2011;CONFALONIERI, 1976) (AZEVEDO et al, 2002;ALMEIDA et al, 2011;DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2009;CONFALONIERI, 1976).…”

“…In Brazil, it has been reported in association with C. perspicillata in the state of Pernambuco (DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2009), S. tildae in Espírito Santo (CONFALONIERI, 1976) and with S. lilium in Brasília (GETTINGER & GRIBEL, 1989), Minas Gerais (CONFALONIERI, 1976;AZEVEDO et al, 2002) and Rio de Janeiro (CONFALONIERI, 1976;ALMEIDA et al, 2011).…”

“…Studies on the occurrence of Spinturnicids in Brazil have been conducted with bats collected in the capital city of Brasília, in regions of the Cerrado (GETTINGER & GRIBEL, 1989), in Atlantic forest areas in the states of Minas Gerais (AZEVEDO et al, 2002;MORAS et al, 2013), Pernambuco (DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2009), Rio Grande do Sul (SILVA et al, 2009), Rio de Janeiro (ALMEIDA et al, 2011), and in the Pantanal region, state of Mato Grosso do Sul (SILVA & GRACIOLLI, 2013), besides of Confalonieri dissertation (1976) that present a biometric study of P. iheringi and P. ojastii. In the present paper, it is reported the diversity and distribution of ectoparasitic Spinturnicidae species found in surveys conducted in the Pantanal region in the state of Mato Grosso and in the Caatinga region in the state of Ceará.…”

Prevalence, mean intensity of infestation and host specificity of Spinturnicidae mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the Pantanal, Brazil

“…The most information about 10 species of Periglischrus and one of Spinturnix recorded in Brazil comprises geographic and host occurrences (Confalonieri 1976, Azevedo et al 2002, Graciolli et al 2008, Silva et al 2009). Only Gettinger and Gribel (1989), Dantas-Torres et al (2009) and Almeida et al (2011) showed at least one parasitological index (prevalence and/or intensity/abundance sensu Bush et al (1997)) for spinturnicid mites on their hosts.…”

Ácaros ectoparasitos de morcegos no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

“…Apenas recentemente alguns estudos foram feitos no Brasil inventariando a fauna regional de ácaros associados a morcegos (Gettinger & Gribel, 1989;Azevedo et al, 2002;Dantas-Torres et al, 2009;Silva et al, 2009;Almeida, et al, 2011).…”