''Cameronieta'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

mites Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

in the

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Spinturnicidae Spinturnicidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The mites are highly specialized parasites of wing or tail membrane or bats. Some species infest eyelids and eye canthi. The species of Spinturnicidae are found in bat habitats throug ...

. There are about seven described

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in ''Cameronieta'', found in the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

and

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

islands. The species of ''Cameronieta'', like the other members of this family, are parasites of bats. They live primarily on the wing and tail membranes of

bats Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

throughout all stages of life.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus ''Cameronieta'': * '' Cameronieta almaensis'' Almeida, Gettinger & Gardner, 2016 * '' Cameronieta elongata'' (Furman, 1966) * ''

Cameronieta machadoi ''Cameronieta'' is a genus of mites in the family Spinturnicidae. There are about seven described species in ''Cameronieta'', found in the Neotropics and Caribbean islands. The species of ''Cameronieta'', like the other members of this family, a ...

'' Dusbábek, 1968 * '' Cameronieta strandtmanni'' (Tibbetts, 1957) * ''

Cameronieta thomasi ''Cameronieta'' is a genus of Mite, mites in the Family (biology), family Spinturnicidae. There are about seven described species in ''Cameronieta'', found in the Neotropics and Caribbean islands. The species of ''Cameronieta'', like the other m ...

'' Machado-Allison, 1965 * '' Cameronieta tibbettsi'' Dusbábek, 1968 * '' Cameronieta torrei'' Dusbábek, 1968

References

Mesostigmata Acari genera Taxa named by Antonio Machado-Allison Taxa described in 1965 {{Mesostigmata-stub