| Leptotrombidium myotis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Trombiculidae |
| Genus: | Leptotrombidium |
| Species: | L. myotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptotrombidium myotis (
Ewing, 1929)
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Leptotrombidium myotis is a species of mites in the family Trombiculidae that parasitizes bats. Species that it affects include the Arizona myotis, little brown bat, and northern long-eared bat. [1] [2]
References
- ^ Valdez, Ernest W.; Ritzi, Christopher M.; Whitaker, John O. (2009). "Ectoparasites of the Occult Bat,Myotis occultus(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Western North American Naturalist. 69 (3): 364–370. doi: 10.3398/064.069.0310. S2CID 36345637.
- ^ Poissant, Joseph A.; Broders, Hugh G. (2008). "Ectoparasite Prevalence in Myotis lucifugus and M. Septentrionalis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) During Fall Migration at Hayes Cave, Nova Scotia". Northeastern Naturalist. 15 (4): 515–522. doi: 10.1656/1092-6194-15.4.515. S2CID 59152757.
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