TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - New species of a fur mite of the genus Alabidocarpus (Acari: Chirodiscidae) associated with Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Mexico, including a key to the American species
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
SP  - 736
EP  - 755
PY  - 2025
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Morales-Malacara, Juan B.
AU  - Vázquez-Xicoténcatl, Naomi
AU  - García-Estrada, Carlos
AU  - Colín-Martínez, Helisama
AU  - Almazán-Marín, Cenia E.
AU  - Valdes-Saucedo, Hugo A.
AU  - Ruiz-Piña, Hugo A.
AU  - Cuxim-Koyoc, Alan
AU  - Reyes-Novelo, Enrique
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/235z-kw78
DO  - 10.24349/235z-kw78
DA  - 2025-07-22
ET  - 2025-07-22
KW  - Chirodiscidae
KW  - Alabidocarpus
KW  - bat ectoparasite
KW  - Desmodus
AB  - Derived from an extensive survey on the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) in some localities along the Central region, and the Pacific and Atlantic slopes of Mexico, Chirodiscid fur mites of the genus Alabidocarpus were found exclusively in the country's southern region in the state of Oaxaca, where they turned out to be a new species. Here, we describe the adults and juveniles of this new Chirodiscid species. The present study increases the number of species of Alabidocarpus associated with American bats to seven; therefore, we include an updated key to known species in the American continent.
ER -