First Case Report of Mange in Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Caused by Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri (Sarcoptiformes: Sarcoptidae) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Ricardo Bassini-Silva; Matheus Huang-Bastos; Érica Munhoz de Mello; Barry M. Oconnor; Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti; Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius

doi:10.1093/jme/tjaa276

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16 December 2020 First Case Report of Mange in Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Caused by Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri (Sarcoptiformes: Sarcoptidae) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Matheus Huang-Bastos, Érica Munhoz de Mello, Barry M. Oconnor, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius

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J. of Medical Entomology, 58(3):1439-1441 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa276

Abstract

There are many records of the family Sarcoptidae in bats. The species Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri has been reported only once, parasitizing a molossid bat in Panama. In the present study, we expand the occurrence of the species to Brazil.

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Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Matheus Huang-Bastos, Érica Munhoz de Mello, Barry M. Oconnor, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, and Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius "First Case Report of Mange in Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Caused by Notoedres (Notoedres) yunkeri (Sarcoptiformes: Sarcoptidae) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil," Journal of Medical Entomology 58(3), 1439-1441, (16 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjaa276

Received: 7 November 2020; Accepted: 17 November 2020; Published: 16 December 2020

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