The Myobiid Mites (Acariformes, Eleutherengona, Myobiidae) From Mexico: Hosts, Distribution And Identification Key For The Genera And Species

The family Myobiidae Megnin, 1878 includes permanent parasites of the fur of different orders of mammals. Because the information on this family is scarce and scattered, in this work, we compile the available information on Myobiidae in Mexico. In total, we recorded 41 species (one undetermined, one a species inquirenda) belonging to 13 genera and three subfamilies, associated with four orders of mammals: Chiroptera, Didelphimorphia, Rodentia and Soricomorpha. We also reported for the first time in Mexico Eudusbabekia jimenezi (Dusbabek, 1967) and E. saguei (Dusbabek, 1967), parasitizing bats of the family Mormoopidae in the States of Colima, Nayarit and San Luis Potosi, and Acanthophthirius lasiurus (Fain & Whitaker, 1976 ) associated with the bat Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois) (family Vespertilionidae) in Ciudad de Mexico. We recorded new associations with bat hosts: E. provirilia Morales-Malacara, Guzman-Cornejo & LopezOrtega, 2002 with Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martinez & Villa (Phyllostomidae); E. saguei with Pteronotus davyi Gray (Mormoopidae), and Ioannela leptonycteris (Fain, 1973) with L. yerbabuenae. In this work, Zacaltepetla hoffmannae Basurto-R., 1973 is treated as a species inquirenda for the first time. We also provid e an identification key to the genera and species of Myobiidae found in Mexico.