Oncoscelus is a genus of mites in the family Spinturnicidae. This genus has a single species, Oncoscelus kanheri, found in Indomalaya.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Spinturnicidae |
Genus: | Oncoscelus Delfinado & Baker, 1963 |
Species: | O. kanheri
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Binomial name | |
Oncoscelus kanheri (Hiregaudar & Bal, 1955)
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Oncoscelus kanheri, like the other species of this family, are parasites of bats. They live primarily on the wing and tail membranes of bats throughout all stages of life.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Oncoscelus Delfinado & Baker, 1963". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ Beron, Petar, ed. (2020). Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. doi:10.3897/ab.e54206. ISBN 978-619-248-006-6.