Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 42

Myodopsylla insignis (Rothschild)

Ex Myotis lucifugus (little brown myotis): 2F, TN, Blount Co., Dry Valley (in cave), 21 Nov. 1949, D. W. Pfitzer ( Pfitzer 1950, Benton 1980, Durden & Kollars 1997); 23M, 75F, TN, Blount Co., Abram’s Creek, 19 Jun. 2002, TN Tech. Univ. group, L­2922; 3M, 7F, TN, Blount Co., Abram’s Creek, 19 Jun. 2002, TN Tech. Univ. group, L­2923; 2M, 9F, TN, Blount Co., Abram’s Creek, 19 Jun. 2002, TN Tech. Univ. group, L­2924. Myodopsylla insignis parasitizes the little brown myotis in the eastern USA and other bat species in the

western USA (Durden & Kollars 1997).