Emballonuria is a genus of mites in the family Spinturnicidae. This genus has a single species, Emballonuria orientalis, found in Sri Lanka.
| Emballonuria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Spinturnicidae |
| Genus: | Emballonuria Uchikawa, Zhang, O'Connor & Klompen, 1994 |
| Species: | E. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Emballonuria orientalis (Turk, 1950)
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Emballonuria orientalis, like the other species of this family, are parasites of bats. They live primarily on the wing and tail membranes of bats throughout all stages of life.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Emballonuria Uchikawa, Zhang, O'Connor & Klompen, 1994". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ Beron, Petar, ed. (2020). Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. doi:10.3897/ab.e54206. ISBN 978-619-248-006-6.