Steatonyssus Explained

Steatonyssus is a genus of bat and bird mites in the family Macronyssidae. There are about eight described species in Steatonyssus.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Steatonyssus:

• Steatonyssus brucei
• Steatonyssus heteroventralis
• Steatonyssus musculi (Schrank, 1803)
• Steatonyssus nakazimai Asanuma & Uchikawa, 1977
• Steatonyssus occidentalis (Ewing, 1933)
• Steatonyssus periblepharus Kolenati, 1858
• Steatonyssus spinosus Willmann, 1936
• Steatonyssus surinamensis