The first finding of parasitic mite, Parasteatonyssus nyctinomi (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Macronyssidae), in Namibia.

J S Afr Vet Assoc

Institute of X-Bio, University of Tyumen, Tyumen, Russia; and, Laboratory of biodiversity monitoring, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk.

Published: May 2020

Sixty-four individuals of a macronyssid mite, Parasteatonyssus nyctinomi (Zumpt, Patterson 1951), were identified from Egyptian free-tailed bats Tadarida aegyptiaca (É. Geoffroy 1818) (Chiroptera: Molossidae) captured in the Kunene region of Namibia (southern Africa). This is the first report on P. nyctinomi in the country.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7276342PMC
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