New Ectoparasite Records for Bats in West Virginia and a Review of Previous Records

作者：Gikas Nicholas S^*; Sparks Dale W; Whitaker John O Jr; Johnson Joseph S

来源：Northeastern Naturalist, 2011, 18(4): 527-533.

DOI：10.1656/045.018.0410

We collected ectoparasites from 5 Myotis septentrionalis (Northern Myotis) and 12 Myotis leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Myotis) captured in Grant County, WV during summer 2008. We recovered Euschoengastia pipistrelli from Northern Myotis and Leptotrombidium myotis, Androlaelaps casalis, Cryptonysuss desultorius, and Ornithodorus kelleyi from Eastern Small-Footed Myotis. This is the first report of parasites from either bat in West Virginia, and each ectoparasite species collected represents a new state host locality record, with C. desultorius and O. kelleyi being new state records. Because records of ectoparasites are often widely scattered and both bats have undergone extensive taxonomic revision, we summarize all available records of ectoparasites from both species of bats.

• 出版日期2011