During 1978, 1979, and 1981 ectoparasites of bats were collected in 16 counties of the Upper and Lower peninsulas in connection with an extensive study of Michigan bat populations (Kurta 1980, 1982). The two insect and five acarine species recovered include four new records for Michigan and two new host records for the United States. All are listed with comments on past records of Michigan bat ectoparasites

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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 15 Number 3 - Fall 1982 Number 3 - Fall 1982 Article 14 October 1982 New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats S. B. Dood Bowling Green State University A. Kurta Boston University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Dood, S. B. and Kurta, A. 1982. "New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 15 (3) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol15/iss3/14 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. NEW RECORDS FOR ECTOPARASITES OF MICHIGAN BATS I S. B. Dood2 and A. Kurta 3 During 1978, 1979, and 1981 ectoparasites of bats were collected in 16 coun ies of the Upper and Lower peninsulas in connection with an extensive study of Michigan bat popula­tions (Kurta 1980, 1982). The two insect and five acarine species recovered include four new records for Michigan and two new host records for the United States. All are listed with comments on past records of Michigan bat ectoparasites. Keys used for identifications were those of Usinger (1966), Lewis (1978), Radovsky (1967), Rudnick (1960), and McDaniel and Coffman (1970). Most ectoparasites are in the personal collections of the authors. ECTOPARASITES AND HOSTS (* = new state record, t = new host record) HEMIPTERA: CIMICIDAE Cimex adjunctus Barber: 2 females, 3 males, I nymph ex Eptesicus Juscus (Beauvois), Allegan, Van Buren, Eaton, St. Joseph; I male ex Myotis sodalis Miller and Allen, St. Joseph. Lawrence et aL (1965) listed C. pilosellus (Horvath) from Myotis sp. in Iron County. However, Usinger and Ueshima (1965) noted that this species is found in western North America while C. adjunctus is widely distributed in the east to Colorado. Also, U singer (1966) reported C. brevis Usinger and Ueshima from Myotis lucifugus (LeConte) at Ontario, Michigan.4 Although the C. pilosellus specimen(s) have not been re-examined, the geographical distribution of species as presently described suggests that they may be C. adjunctus or C. brevis but pro ably are no longer an authentic record for C. pilosellus. SIPHONAPTERA: ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild): 29 females, 16 males ex M. lucifugus, Houghton, Ontonagon; 2 females, I male ex Myotis keenii (Merriam), Mackinac. Scharf and Stewart (1980) report this flea species from M. lucifu/?us in Grand Traverse and Wexford counties, and Benton (1980) added Cheboygan, Menominee, and Houghton counties without giving the host species. ACARI: MACRONYSSIDAE *Steatonyssus occidentalis (Ewing): 56 females, 16 males, 59 protonymphs ex E. Juscus, Cass, St. Joseph, Ingham, Oakland, Livingston, Barry, Calhoun; 2 protonymphs ex tM. sodalis, Hillsdale. Macronyssus crosbyi (Ewing and Stover): 3 females, I male, 6 protonymphs ex M. luci­Jugus, Delta, Ontonagon, Houghton; 2 protonymphs ex M. keenii, Berrien, Eaton. The type series of another macronyssid (Cryptonyssus Jlexus Radovsky) was taken from M. lucifugus in Cheboygan County (Radovsky 1967). ACARI: SPINTURNICIDAE *Spinturnix americanus (Banks): 4 females, 7 males, I nymph ex M. lucifugus, Delta, Houghton, Wexford, Berrien. *S. bakeri Rudnick: I female, 2 males, I nymph ex E.juscus, Barry, Ingham. This family of mites has not been previously reported from Michigan. IResearch supported by the National Speleological Society, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources, under provisions of Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Michigan Endangered Species Act of 1974. 2Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OR 43403. 3Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215.  4We have been unable to locate this city. 217 1Dood and Kurta: New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan BatsPublished by ValpoScholar, 1982218 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. IS, No.3 ACARI: CHIRODISCIDAE *Alabidocarpus caJcaratus Lawrence: 1 male ex tM. /ucifugus, Ontonagon. Dr. B. McDaniel identified this mite and retains it in his collection. This species has been re­covered in California on Myoris yumanensis (H. Allen) (McDaniel and Coffman 1970) and may also have been taken from an unspecified bat host in Montana (McDaniel, in itt.). ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE No chigger mites were found in this survey; however, Wrenn (1974) reported Lep o­t ombidium myotis (Ewing) from M. lucifugus in Cheboygan County. Additional species in these and other families of ectoparasites (e.g. Argasidae and Myobiidae) have been found on bats in Indiana (Whitaker 1973). Also, there are no reports of ectoparasites from several genera of bats (e.g. Lasiurus, Lasionycteris, and Nycticeius) which have been collected in Michigan. Further investigation may provide additional records of bat ectoparasites in that state. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Bats and ectoparasites were collected while Al Kurta was studying at Michigan State University and Michigan Technological University. The authors would like to thank M. E. Stewart for assisting with the field work and Dr. B. McDaniel, South Dakota State Uni­versity, for providing information about the chirodiscid mite. LITERATURE CITED Benton, A. H. 1980. An atlas of the fleas of the eastern United States. Marginal Media, Fredonia, NY. Kurta, A. 1980. The bats of southern Lower Michigan. M.S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., Lansing. 147 p. ----. 1982. A review of Michigan bats: seasonal and geographical distribution. Michi­gan cademician 14:295-312. Lawrence, W. H., K. L. Hays, and S. A. Graham. 1965. Arthropodous ectoparasites from some northern Michigan mammals. Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 639: 1-7. Lewis, R. E. 1978. A new species of MyodopsyUa Jordan and Rothschild 1911, from north­ern United States, with a key to the genus (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae). J. Parasit. 64:524-527. McDaniel, B. and C. C. Coffman. 1970. The labidocarpid bat-mites of the United States (Acarina: Listrophoridea). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington 37:223-229. Radovsky, F. J. 1967. The Macronyssidae and Laelapidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) parasitic on bats. Univ. California Pub!. Entomo!. 46: 1-237. Rudnick, A. 1960. A revision f the mites of the family Spinturnicidae. Univ. California Pub!. Entomo!' 17: 157-284. Scharf. W. C. and K. R. Stewart. 1980. New records of Siphonaptera from northern Michi­gan. Great Lakes Entomo!' 13: 165-167. Usinger, R. L. 1%6, Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Thomas Say Foundation Pub!. 7: 1-585. Us inger, R. L., and N. Ueshima. 1965. New species of bat bugs of the Cimex pi/oselills complex (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomo!. 41: 114-1/7. Whitaker, J. 0., Jr. 1973. External parasites of bats of Indiana. J. Parasit. 59: 1148-1150. Wrenn, W. J. 1974. Notes on the ecology of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from north­ern Michigan and the description of a new species of Euscho ngastia. J. Kansas Entomo!. Soc. 47:227-238. 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 15, No. 3 [1982], Art. 14https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol15/iss3/14

New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats

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The Great Lakes Entomologist 
Volume 15 
Number 3 - Fall 1982 Number 3 - Fall 1982 Article 14 
October 1982 
New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats 
S. B. Dood 
Bowling Green State University 
A. Kurta 
Boston University 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Recommended Citation 
Dood, S. B. and Kurta, A. 1982. "New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats," The Great Lakes 
Entomologist, vol 15 (3) 
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol15/iss3/14 
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It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. 
For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 
NEW RECORDS FOR ECTOPARASITES OF MICHIGAN BATS I 
S. B. Dood2 and A. Kurta 3 
During 1978, 1979, and 1981 ectoparasites of bats were collected in 16 coun ies of the 
Upper and Lower 
peninsulas 
in connection with an extensive study of Michigan bat popula­
tions (Kurta 1980, 1982). The two insect and five acarine species recovered include four new 
records for 
Michigan and two new host records for the United States. All are listed with comments on 
past records 
of Michigan bat ectoparasites. 
Keys used 
for identifications were those 
of Usinger (1966), Lewis (1978), Radovsky 
(1967), Rudnick (1960), and McDaniel and Coffman (1970). Most ectoparasites are in the 
personal 
collections 
of the authors. 
ECTOPARASITES AND HOSTS 

(* = new state record, t = new host record) 

HEMIPTERA: CIMICIDAE 

Cimex adjunctus Barber: 2 females, 3 males, I nymph ex Eptesicus Juscus (Beauvois), 
Allegan, Van Buren, Eaton, St. Joseph; I male ex Myotis sodalis Miller and Allen, St. 
Joseph. Lawrence et aL 
(1965) listed C. 
pilosellus (Horvath) from Myotis sp. in Iron 
County. However, 
Usinger and Ueshima (1965) noted that this species is found in western North America 
while C. 
adjunctus is widely distributed in the east to Colorado. Also, 
U singer (1966) reported C. brevis Usinger and Ueshima from Myotis lucifugus (LeConte) 
at Ontario, 
Michigan.4 Although the C. 
pilosellus specimen(s) have not been re-examined, 
the 
geographical distribution 
of species as presently described suggests that they may be 
C. adjunctus or C. brevis but pro ably are no longer an authentic record for C. pilosellus. 

SIPHONAPTERA: ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE 

Myodopsylla insignis 
(Rothschild): 29 females, 16 males ex M. lucifugus, Houghton, 
Ontonagon; 
2 females, I male 
ex Myotis keenii (Merriam), Mackinac. Scharf and Stewart 
(1980) report this flea species from M. lucifu/?us in Grand Traverse and Wexford counties, 
and Benton 
(1980) 
added Cheboygan, Menominee, and Houghton counties without giving 
the host 
species. 
ACARI: MACRONYSSIDAE *Steatonyssus occidentalis (Ewing): 56 females, 16 males, 59 protonymphs ex E. Juscus, 
Cass, St. Joseph, Ingham, Oakland, Livingston, Barry, Calhoun; 2 protonymphs ex tM. 
sodalis, Hillsdale. 
Macronyssus crosbyi (Ewing and Stover): 3 females, I male, 6 protonymphs ex M. luci­
Jugus, Delta, Ontonagon, Houghton; 2 protonymphs ex M. keenii, Berrien, Eaton. The 
type 
series 
of another macronyssid (Cryptonyssus Jlexus Radovsky) was taken from M. 
lucifugus in Cheboygan County (Radovsky 1967). 
ACARI: SPINTURNICIDAE 
*Spinturnix americanus (Banks): 4 females, 7 males, I nymph ex M. lucifugus, Delta, 
Houghton, 
Wexford, Berrien. *S. bakeri Rudnick: I female, 2 males, I nymph ex E.juscus, Barry, Ingham. This family of 
mites 
has 
not been previously reported from Michigan. 
IResearch supported by the National Speleological Society, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
and 
Michigan Department 
of Natural Resources, under provisions of Federal Endangered Species Act of 
1973 and 
Michigan Endangered Species Act 
of 1974. 
2Department of 
Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, 
OR 43403. 

3Department of 
Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215. 
 4We 
have 
been unable to locate this city. 

217 
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Dood and Kurta: New Records for Ectoparasites of Michigan Bats
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218 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. IS, No.3 
ACARI: CHIRODISCIDAE 
*Alabidocarpus caJcaratus Lawrence: 1 male ex tM. /ucifugus, Ontonagon. Dr. B. 
McDaniel identified this mite and retains it in his collection. This species has been re­
covered 
in California on 
Myoris yumanensis (H. Allen) (McDaniel and Coffman 1970) and 
may also have been taken from an unspecified bat host in Montana (McDaniel, in itt.). 
ACARI: TROMBICULIDAE 
No 
chigger mites were found in this survey; however, Wrenn 
(1974) reported Lep o­
t ombidium myotis (Ewing) from M. lucifugus in Cheboygan County. 
Additional species in these and other families of ectoparasites (e.g. Argasidae and 
Myobiidae) have been found on bats in Indiana (Whitaker 1973). Also, there are no reports 
of 
ectoparasites from several genera 
of bats (e.g. Lasiurus, Lasionycteris, and Nycticeius) 
which have been collected in Michigan. Further investigation may provide additional 
records of bat ectoparasites in that state. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
Bats and 
ectoparasites were collected while 
Al Kurta was studying at Michigan State 
University and Michigan Technological University. The authors would like to thank M. E. 
Stewart 
for assisting with the field work and Dr. 
B. McDaniel, South Dakota State Uni­
versity, for providing information about the chirodiscid mite. 
LITERATURE CITED 
Benton, A. H. 1980. An atlas of the fleas of the eastern United States. Marginal Media, 
Fredonia, NY. 
Kurta, 
A. 
1980. The bats of southern Lower Michigan. M.S. thesis, Michigan State Univ., 
Lansing. 147 p. 
----. 1982. 
A review 
of Michigan bats: seasonal and geographical distribution. Michi­
gan cademician 14:295-312. 
Lawrence, W. H., K. L. Hays, and S. A. Graham. 1965. Arthropodous ectoparasites from 
some northern Michigan mammals. Occas. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 639: 1-7. 
Lewis, R. E. 1978. A new species of MyodopsyUa Jordan and Rothschild 1911, from north­
ern 
United States, with a key to the genus (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae). J. Parasit. 
64:524-527. 
McDaniel, B. and C. 
C. Coffman. 1970. The labidocarpid bat-mites of the United States 
(Acarina: Listrophoridea). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Washington 37:223-229. 
Radovsky, F. J. 1967. The Macronyssidae and Laelapidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) parasitic 
on 
bats. Univ. California Pub!. Entomo!. 
46: 1-237. 
Rudnick, A. 1960. A revision f the mites of the family Spinturnicidae. Univ. California 
Pub!. Entomo!' 17: 157-284. 
Scharf. W. C. and K. R. Stewart. 1980. New records of Siphonaptera from northern Michi­
gan. Great Lakes Entomo!' 13: 165-167. 
Usinger, R. L. 1%6, Monograph of Cimicidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Thomas Say 
Foundation Pub!. 7: 1-585. 
Us inger, R. L., and N. Ueshima. 1965. New species of bat bugs of the Cimex pi/oselills 
complex (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomo!. 41: 114-1/7. 
Whitaker, J. 0., Jr. 1973. External parasites of bats of Indiana. J. Parasit. 59: 1148-1150. 
Wrenn, W. J. 1974. Notes on the ecology of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) from north­
ern 
Michigan and the description 
of a new species of Euscho ngastia. J. Kansas Entomo!. 
Soc. 47:227-238. 
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