Loomisia desmodus ( Brennan and Dalmat, 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 : 776

Loomisia desmodus ( Brennan and Dalmat, 1960) : 188

Type locality: Guatemala, Chimaltenango department, Yepocapa ( Brennan and Dalmat

1960). Type host: Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ).

Type depository: USNM (holotype and paratypes) and NHMUK (paratypes). Records from Panama. This species was reported from four bats, Carollia castanea H. Allen, 1890 ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ) from Cerro Hoya National Park, Los Santos Province, M. megalotis ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ) from Fuerte Kobbe, Panama Province, G. soricina and C. subrufa ( Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae ) from Bocas del Toro Province and one emballonurid bat, S. bilineata ( Chiroptera : Emballonuridae ) from Chepo, Panama Province and El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province ( Brennan and Yunker 1966). Other records. Bahamas ( Brennan

1967), Colombia ( Brennan and Reed 1972), Costa Rica ( Webb and Loomis 1977), Guatemala ( Brennan and Dalmat 1960), Mexico (Loomis 1969; Webb and Loomis 1977 ; Colín-Martínez et al. 2018), Nicaragua ( Webb and Loomis 1977), Surinam ( Brennan and Lukoschus 1971 ; Brennan and Bronswijk 1975), Trinidad and Tobago ( Brennan and Dalmat 1960 ; Brennan and Jones 1960), Venezuela ( Brennan and Reed 1972 ; 1975).