Parasites (Coccidia, Trematoda, Acari) of Tri- Colored Bats, Perimyotis subflavus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): New Geographical Records for Oklahoma

Abstract

The tricolored bat, Perimyotis subflavus has been the subject of several surveys on parasites from various parts of its range. However, few populations have been studied west of the Mississippi River and there are apparently no reports of parasites from this bat in Oklahoma. On examination of two P. subflavus from a cave near Flint, Delaware County, we found coccidia, Eimeria macyi, digenean trematodes, Ochoterenatrema breckenridgei, and chiggers, Perissopalla flagellisetula. Although these parasites have been reported previously from P. subflavus from various locales in other states, all three are reported as new state records from Oklahoma. In addition, we provide, for the first time, photomicrographs of endogenous stages of E. macyi as well as a summation of O. breckenridgei records from bats of the Western Hemisphere.