Gastronyssus Fain, 1955

Bochkov, Andre V., Zabludovskaya, Svetlana & Oconnor, Barry M., 2008, Phylogeny and systematics of the endoparasitic astigmatid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) of mammals: families Gastronyssidae, Lemurnyssidae, and Pneumocoptidae, Zootaxa 1951 (1), pp. 1-152 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1951.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241027
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/437687C1-E63E-FFA5-FF4C-C80EFEA5F9A4
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-21 23:34:12, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 07:10:38)
scientific name	Gastronyssus Fain, 1955
status

Treatment

Genus Gastronyssus Fain, 1955

Gastronyssus Fain 1955: 683, 1959a: 4 , 1964b: 47, 1972: 71; Fain et al., 1974: 173; Stiller & Sullivan 1977: 250.

Type species: Gastronyssus bakeri Fain, 1955 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. With characteristics of tribe.

Species included: G. bakeri , G. philippinensis .

Host range and distribution. The two species so far known in this genus are recorded from the stomach and duodenum of megachiropteran bats ( Chiroptera : Pteropodidae ) in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia (see Tables 6 and 7).

References

Fain, A. (1955) Un acarien remarquable vivant dans l'estomac d'une chauve-souris: Gastronyssus bakeri n. g., n. sp. Annales de la Societe Belge de Medicine Tropicale, 35, 681 - 688.

Fain, A. (1959 a) La famille Gastronyssidae Fain, 1956. Description de deux nouvelles especes chez des chauves-souris asiatiques (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 35, 1 - 22.

Fain, A. (1964 b) Chaetotaxie et classification des Gastronyssidae avec description d'un nouveau genre parasite nasicole d'un ecureuil sudafricain (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines, 70, 40 - 52.

Fain, A., Lukoschus, F. S. & Rack, G. (1974) Notes on parasitic mites from some small mammals in Liberia. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 71, 165 - 174.

Stiller, D. & Sullivan, J. (1977) New host and locality records for Gastronyssus bakeri (Acari: Gastronyssidae), a stomach parasite of Malaysian fruit bats, with notes on immature stages. Journal of Medical Entomology, 14, 250 - 252.