Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series
Abstract
Nine species of bat-mites representing six genera of the family Labidocarpidae are recorded from Venezuela. The genus Pseudoalabidocarpus is described as new and contains a single species, P. secus, new species, collected from Phyllostomus elongatus and P. discolor. Two other new species are described: Lawrenceocarpus phyllostomus, new species, collected from Phyllostomus elongatus and Micronycteris hirsuta; and Labidocarpus dossuarius, new species, collected from Molossus major. New distribution and host records from Venezuela include: Alabidocarpus furmani on Glossophaga longirostris, Carollia perspicillata, C. brevicauda, Vampyrops helleri, Anoura caudifera and Pteronotus parnellii; A. nicaraguae on Uroderma magnirostrum; A. jonesi on Vampyrops helleri; Parakosa tadarida on Noctilio labialis, Glossophaga longirostris, Carollia brevicauda, Sturnira lilium, Molossus ater and Molossus bondae; Parakosa maxima on Noctilio labialis, Glossophaga longirostris, Artibeus harti, Molossus ater, M. bondae and M. major.
Recommended Citation
McDaniel, Burruss
(1972)
"Labidocarpid bat-mites of Venezuela (Listrophoroidea: Labidocarpidae),"
Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series: Vol. 17:
No.
2, Article 2.
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https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuscib/vol17/iss2/2
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