Dodds, D., A brief guide to bat ectoparasites

Author	Dodds, D.
Title	A brief guide to bat ectoparasites
Type	Download
Source	http://www.bats.org.uk/data/files/BatCareConf2018/A_Brief_Guide_to_Bat_ectoparasites_fourth_edition.pdf
Review (by Malcolm Storey)	A guide to help bat-workers identify the parasites they find on bats, in bat boxes or in bat roosts in the British Isles.
Examine	with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)
Website url	www.bats.org.uk/data/files/BatCareConf2018/A_Brief_Guide_to_Bat_ectoparasites_fourth_edition.pdf

Notes & Purpose	Status	Taxon	English	Classification
For identification	Current	TROMBICULIDAE	a family of mites	Animalia: Trombidiformes
For identification	Current	Argas vespertilionis	Short-legged Bat Tick, Blyborough Tick	Animalia: Ixodida: Argasidae
For identification	Current	Ixodes vespertilionis	Long-legged Bat Tick	Animalia: Ixodida: Ixodidae
For identification	Current	SPINTURNICIDAE	bat crab-mites	Animalia: Mesostigmata
For identification	Current	MACRONYSSINAE	a subfamily of mites	Animalia: Mesostigmata: Laelaptidae
For identification	Current	NYCTERIBIIDAE	bat flies	Animalia: Diptera
For identification	Current	ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE	bat fleas	Animalia: Siphonaptera
For identification	Current	Cimex pipistrelli	Batbug	Animalia: Hemiptera: Cimicidae
	Current	CHIROPTERA	bats	Animalia

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