- Source: Spinturnicidae
Spinturnicidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The mites are highly specialized parasites of wing or tail membrane or bats. Some species infest eyelids and eye canthi. The species of Spinturnicidae are found in bat habitats throughout the world, living all stages of life on bats.
Genera
These 11 genera belong to the family Spinturnicidae:
Ancystropus Kolenati, 1856
Cameronieta Machado-Allison, 1965
Emballonuria Uchikawa, Zhang, O'Connor & Klompen, 1994
Eyndhovenia Rudnick, 1960
Meristaspis Kolenati, 1857
Mesoperiglischrus Dusbábek, 1968
Oncoscelus Delfinado & Baker, 1963
Parameristaspis Advani & Vazirani, 1981
Paraperiglischrus Rudnick, 1960
Periglischrus Kolenati, 1857
Spinturnix von Heyden, 1826