Parascoschoengastia megastyrax ( Brennan and Jones, 1960 )

Bassini-Silva, Ricardo, Takatsu, Julia Carvalho, Bermúdez, Sergio E., Miranda, Roberto J., Welbourn, Cal, Ochoa, Ron, Barros-Battesti, Darci Moraes & Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro, 2021, A checklist of chiggers (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae) of Panama, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 763-789 : 778

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24349/ach8-Eqk3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7159807
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F787BA-B360-FFC5-FE50-FD2BFCCFFBB2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Parascoschoengastia megastyrax ( Brennan and Jones, 1960 )
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Parascoschoengastia megastyrax ( Brennan and Jones, 1960) View in CoL : 506

Type locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Sangre Grande City, Caigual ( Brennan and Jones 1960). Type host: Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ). Type depository: USNM (holotype and paratypes), NHMUK (paratypes) and FMNH (paratypes). Panama records. Brennan and Yunker (1966) reported this species from two bats, C. perspicillata ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ), from Panama Province, and an unidentified bat from Los Santos Province. In addition, the authors reported, a marsupial host, D. marsupialis ( Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae ), from Piña, Colón Province. Other records. Surinam

( Brennan and Bronswijk 1975), Trinidad and Tobago ( Brennan and Jones 1960), Venezuela ( Brennan and Reed 1975).