Macronyssidae

Macronyssidae - Macronyssus crosbyi (Ewing & Stover, 1915)

Family Macronyssidae
Macronyssus crosbyi
Size:
                                    Group                  Guild                Status
                            Trogloxene           Parasite                Rare?

This mite is a common ectoparasite on a variety of bat species; Myotis spp. (including M. velifer), Eptesicus fuscus, Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii and Perimyotis subflavus (Reisen et al. 1976; Whitaker et al. 1983). This species was not encountered during the initial study, and we found it only once, in a Berlese sample taken from the Lunch Spot guano deposit on June 12, 2010.