Batmanacarus robini, n. gen., n. sp. (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) collected parasitizing a ghost-faced bat (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) from a cave in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ricardo Bassini Silva Matheus Huang-Bastos Cal Welbourn Ronald Ochoa Darci Moraes Barros-Batestti Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius

Published in: Systematic parasitology (2021)

Trinidad and Tobago, a neotropical country, has 38 reported chigger species. Of these species, 18 were parasitizing bats. Here, we describe a new genus and species parasitizing a ghost-faced bat in this country.

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