MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity
2020
12
1-6
10.32873/unl.dc.manter12
2470-8224
bats, ectoparasites, Acari, Spelaeorhynchidae, Spelaeorhynchus, nidality
A survey of ectoparasites associated with bats collected along an elevational transect in the Manú Biosphere Reserve, Peru, includes specimens of two species of an unusual and rarely collected family of parasitic mites, the Spelaeorhynchidae Oudemans, and reveals information on the natural occurrence of these infections. In lowland rainforest (450–1,000 m) along the Rio Alto Madre de Dios, Spelaeorhynchus soaresi Peracchi was recorded exclusively infecting two species of frugivorous Carollia, C. brevicauda and C. perspicillata. At higher elevations in the mountains and cloud forests, Spelaeorhynchus praecursor Neumann exclusively infected two species of nectarivorous Anoura, A. cultrata and A. geoffroyi. The consistency of both altitudinal and host distributional limits between sampling periods suggests that the true focus of infection may be sustained in certain habituated, long-term roosting sites. This valuable spelaeorhynchid survey collection (slides and vials) is available for further study at the following repositories: the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
© 2020 Gettinger, Epperson, Hermasillo, & Gardner.
Gettinger, Donald; Epperson, Madalyne; Hermasillo, Candy; and Gardner, Scott
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska, EE.UU.
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