Spinturnicidae is a family of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

s in the order

Mesostigmata Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They c ...

. The mites are highly specialized

parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted structurally to this way of lif ...

s of wing or tail membrane or bats. Some species infest eyelids and eye canthi. The species of Spinturnicidae are found in bat habitats throughout the world, living all stages of life on bats.

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Spinturnicidae: * '' Ancystropus'' Kolenati, 1856 * '' Cameronieta'' Machado-Allison, 1965 * '' Emballonuria'' Uchikawa, Zhang, O'Connor & Klompen, 1994 * ''

Eyndhovenia ''Eyndhovenia'' is a genus of mites in the family Spinturnicidae. There are at least two described species in ''Eyndhovenia''. The species of Eyndhovenia, like the other members of this family, are parasites of bats. They live primarily on the ...

'' Rudnick, 1960 * '' Meristaspis'' Kolenati, 1857 * '' Mesoperiglischrus'' Dusbábek, 1968 * '' Oncoscelus'' Delfinado & Baker, 1963 * '' Parameristaspis'' Advani & Vazirani, 1981 * '' Paraperiglischrus'' Rudnick, 1960 * '' Periglischrus'' Kolenati, 1857 * '' Spinturnix'' von Heyden, 1826

References

Mesostigmata Parasites of bats Taxa named by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Acari families {{Mesostigmata-stub