Two new species of spinturnicid mites of the genus Periglischrus are described and illustrated from phyllostomid bats from southeastern Mexico: The female, male, and protonymph of Periglischrus steresotrichus, new species, from Tonatia evotis Davis & Carter, and the female and male of Periglischrus eurysternus, new species, from Tonatia saurophila Koopman & Williams. A supplementary description of the male deutonymph of P. eurysternus from T. saurophila from Panama is given. The morphological features of the two new species of Periglischrus are used as a basis for discussing their phylogeny and its potential relationship to that of their hosts.
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1 March 2002
Two New Species of the Genus Periglischrus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) on Two Bat Species of the Genus Tonatia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Southeastern Mexico, with Additional Data from Panama
Juan B. Morales-Malacara,
Javier Juste
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 39 • No. 2
March 2002
Vol. 39 • No. 2
March 2002
bat ectoparasites
Periglischrus eurysternus
Periglischrus steresotrichus
Spinturnicidae
Tonatia