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Life Sciences
Occasional Papers

Royal Ontario Museum
February 15, 1974

No. 23

Three New Species of Labidocarpine Mites
(Listrophoroidea, Chirodiscidae)
from Puerto Rican Bats

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Abstract — Three new species of labidocar-
pine mites (Listrophoroidea, Chirodiscidae)
are described from Puerto Rican bats. The
new species and hosts are Lawrenceocarpus
puertoricensis sp. n. from Brachyphylla
cavernarum, Paralabidocarpus foxi sp. n.
from Artibeus j. jamaicensis, and Paralabi-
docarpus stenodermi sp. n. from Stenoderma
rufum darioi.

The only publication treating listrophorid
mites from Puerto Rican bats was by Tam-
sitt and Fox (1970), who reported the
species Paralabidocarpus artibei Pinich-
pongse (1963), Dentrocarpus (=Dentocar-
pus) silvai Dusbabek and Cruz (1966),
and Lawrenceocarpus micropilus Dusbabek
and Cruz (1966). We examined part of the
collection studied by Tamsitt and Fox and
additional material, and mites reported by
these authors as L. micropilus and P. artibei
were found to represent three new species,
described here (Figs. 1-4). The chaetotaxy
nomenclature is that of Fain (1970b), and

where applicable, his designations are given
in parentheses after referring to setae. Al-
though other classifications for listrophorid
mites have been proposed (see McDaniel,
1968), we follow Fain (1971) by consider-
ing the Listrophoroidea to be a superfamily
containing the family Chirodiscidae and the
subfamily Labidocarpinae.

Materials and methods — We examined re-
cently killed and preserved bats under a
dissecting microscope, removed mites at-
tached to hairs, fixed them in 70% ethanol
and, after mounting specimens in Hoyer's
medium, studied them by bright-field and
interference-contrast (Normarski phase)
microscopy. For scanning electron micro-
scopy, we mounted hairs with affixed mites
onto aluminum stubs with 3M adhesive
transfer tape (Minnesota Mining and Manu-
facturing Co., London, Ontario). Specimens
were air dried, coated with gold (about
20 nm thick) in an Edwards Model 4
vacuum evaporator (Edwards High Vacuum,

1 Instituto de Zoologia, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, La Habana, Cuba.

- Department of Mammalogy, Royal Ontario Museum, and Department of Zoology, University

of Toronto.

3 Department of Mammalogy, Royal Ontario Museum.

pig. i — Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis sp. n.

a. Holotype female. X 180.

b. Allotype male, X 230.

C. Paratype copulatory female, X 180.

Oakville, Ontario), and stored in a chemical
desiccator until they were viewed in a Mark
ii A Stereoscan electron microscope (Cam-
bridge Instruments Co., Cambridge, En-
gland) operated at 20 KV. We measured mites
with a calibrated ocular micrometer; mea-
surements are given in micrometres (/>im).

In the descriptions that follow, measure-
ments of paratypes are given in parentheses
after those of the holotypes. Holotypes and
other specimens are deposited in the De-
partment of Entomology and Invertebrate
Zoology, Royal Ontario Museum (rom),
Instituto de Zoologia, Academia de Ciencias
de Cuba, La Habana (acc), and the De-
partment of Medical Zoology, School of
Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San
Juan (upr). Hosts examined are in the
Department of Mammalogy, Royal Ontario
Museum (rom), and the Department of
Biology, Texas Tech University (ttu).

Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis sp. n.

(Figs. 1a-c, 2a-f, 4a,b)
Lawrenceocarpus micropilus, Tamsitt and
Fox, 1970, p. 399 (not L. micropilus Dus-
babek and Cruz, 1966).

Female (holotype) (Fig. 1a) — Length (in-
cluding gnathosoma) 665 (657-670),
height (between legs III and iv) 186 (196-
239); body laterally compressed, higher
toward region of legs in, height maintained
to posterior apex of body; 49 (47-51) fine,
transverse annulations posterior to propo-
dosomal plates.

Gnathosoma not clearly delineated, only
the strong, chelate chelicerae distinguished.

Propodosomal plates three; anterior
small, triangular, divided at mid-dorsal line,
covering extreme anterior of gnathosoma;
intermediate plate larger than the anterior,
also divided, with two, prominent heavily-
sclerotized posterodorsal processes; pos-
terior plate entire, larger than the inter-
mediate, also with two prominent postero-
dorsal processess (Fig. 2a).

Legs i and n (Fig. 2d) of usual labido-
carpid type, flap-like, dilated distally to

grasp hair of host, with three and two seg-
ments respectively, heavily sclerotized; coxal
apodemes not distinctly delineated, also
heavily sclerotized. A pair of short, stout,
curved setae present distobasally on tarsal
segments i and II.

Legs in and iv (Fig. 4a, b) separated
from legs i and n and situated near middle
of body. Legs m with four segments; basal
segment immovable, wider than long; second
slightly smaller, as long as wide; third
smaller than second, wider than long, bear-
ing a long, stout, curved solenidion on
posterior border; tarsus small, oval, with
a curved, longitudinally-grooved claw that
is 2.5 times longer than entire tarsus; tarsus
also bearing a shell-shaped, striated acces-
sory spur with distal border serrated and
two setae, one fine and short, the other
leaflet-shaped. Legs iv (Fig. 2e,f) also with
four segments, similar to those of legs in but
longer, first segment and tarsus as long as
wide, second and third segments longer than
wide; third segment with a long, stout,
curved distoposterior seta; tarsus with a
stout, blunt claw curved distally and four
times longer than tarsus; tarsus also bearing
a striated, leaflet-shaped accessory spur with
serrated edges and straight anterior margin,
and a fine seta slightly longer than claw.
Coxal apodemes in and iv heavily sclero-
tized, movable.

A pair of long, slender, metapodosomal
(sc i) setae posterior to third propodosomal
plate, another pair of short, slender, meta-
podosomal (sh) setae dorsal to coxal apo-
demes hi. Anus located ventrally at extreme
posterior apex of body, flanked by a pair
of long perianal setae. Body with four pairs
of short opisthosomal setae and two pairs
of metapodosomal setae (Fig. 1a).

Male (allotype) (Fig. 1b)— Length 425
(420-425), height 178 (161-178); body
laterally compressed, a series of 35(±) fine
annualtions extending from posterior propo-
dosomal plate to posterodorsal border of
body.

Gnathosoma, propodosomal plates (Fig.

2b), coxal apodemes, and legs (Fig. 2e)
similar to those of females.

Copulatory organ composed of a chiti-
nous support situated near extreme postero-
dorsal border of body, a pair of short, thick
setae ventral to support, a pair of long setae
and a pair of anal suckers at same level,
and a pair of medium-length setae ventral
to suckers.

A short, fine pair of opisthosomal setae
near extreme posterodorsal margin of body,
another similar pair of setae near dorsal
margin in the metapodosomal region, an-
other longer metapodosomal pair (sh)
above coxal apodemes ill, and a long, fine
pair of setae (sc i) posterior to propodoso-
mal plates.

Copulatory female (Fig. lc) — Length
(425-493), height (187-195). Body com-
pressed laterally, with 43 ± transverse annu-
lations, but annulations absent from region
of legs ii anteriorly and in extreme posterior
of body.

Gnathosoma subterminal, heavily sclero-
tized, consisting of a pair of strong cheli-
cerae and rudimentary palps.

Legs I situated near gnathosoma, each
composed of three segments; basal wider
than long; second cylindrical in shape,
longer than wide, bearing a short, thick
seta located distoventrally; third segment
longer than combined length of basal and
second segments, spatula-shaped, convex.
Coxal apodemes i plate-like, surrounding
basal segment of legs i medially, and with a
projection passing behind gnathosoma.
Position of legs n indicated by leaflet-shaped
setae, posterior to legs i; apodemes n long
and fine, extreme posterior bent at right
angles and extreme anterior dilated and
plate-like. Approximate positions of legs m

and iv denoted by long, fine, metapodosomal
setae, the anterior pair shorter than posterior
pair, situated in midventral part of body
(Fig. lc). Lateral hysterosomal setae absent.
Anus in posteroventral region of body,
possessing a chitinous support. Extreme
midposterior region of body with wing-like
processes that aid in clasping male.

Larva (Fig. 2c)— Length (300-307),
height (124-126). Body with more than 50
fine annulations, tapering posteriorly.

Propodosomal plate as in female but dor-
sal processes absent. Legs I and n as in fe-
male but tarsal setae longer, finer. Legs ill
similar to those of female but position
slightly more posterior.

Anus terminal, with a chitinous support.

Medial part of opisthosoma with three
pairs of medium-length, fine setae arranged
transversely in a row, the shortest near dor-
sal margin and the other two, subequal,
lateral to medial line; another short pair of
fine setae dorsally and slightly anterior, an-
other in medial part of metapodosoma, lo-
cated more dorsally than ventrally, and
another pair of setae between propodosoma
and metapodosoma. On coxal apodemes m
a pair of fine setae, longer than those previ-
ously mentioned, and another pair longer
and finer posterior to propodosomal plates.

Type data — Holotype female (ROM), allo-
type male (rom) from Brachyphylla caver-
narum, collected by J. R. Tamsitt and Dario
Valdivieso, Corozal Cave, near Corozal,
Puerto Rico, 30 May 1967, host number
ROM 42891. Six paratype females (ROM,
upr), two paratype males (acc), two para-
type copulatory females (rom, acc), and
two paratype larvae (rom, upr) from
typical host, same collectors and locality,

Fig. 2 — Scanning electron photomicrographs of Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis sp. n.
a. Propodosoma of female, dorsal view, x 310.

Propodosoma of male, dorsolateral view, x 300.
Propodosoma of larva, dorsolateral view, x 635.
Legs i and n of female surrounding hair of host, x 530.
Legs iv and distal part of legs m of male, ventral view, x 625.
Left leg iv of female, ventrolateral view, x 1,250.

Fig. 3 — Paralabidocarpus spp. n.

a. P. foxi sp. n., holotype female, X 260.

b. P. foxi sp. n., allotype male, X 320.

C P. stenodermi sp. n., holotype female, X 240.

30 May 1967, host number rom 42749.
Ten paratype females (acc) and two para-
type larvae (acc), same host and locality
as other paratypes. Other material (rom)
studied: eight females, five males, three lar-
vae from typical host (rom 44600), col-
lected by M. Brock Fenton, Aguas Buenas
Caves, near Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico,
13 February 1968; three females, one male,
from typical host (rom 44726), collected
by T. E. Rogers, Cueva Honda, near Agua-
dilla, Puerto Rico, 3 March 1968.

Remarks — Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis
differs primarily from L. micro pilus Dusba-
bek and Cruz (1966) by larger size (length
of females 665 and 408, respectively; length
of males 425 and 290, respectively), num-
ber and position of opisthosomal setae in both
sexes, the presence of a leaflet-shaped seta
on tarsus m in L. puertoricensis (absent in
L. micro pilus) , the shape of the accessory
spur of tarsus iv (straight in L. puertori-
censis, curved in L. micropilus) , shape and
position of the male copulatory organ, shape
of coxal apodeme i, and shape and position
of legs ii-iv of copulatory female. L. puerto-
ricensis is similar to L. dusbabeki Cruz
(1969) but differs from it by larger size
(length of females 665 and 433, respec-
tively; length of males 425 and 319, respec-
tively), shape of the claws, the relative
shape and size of the copulatory organ of
the male, the shape and position of legs
ii-iv of the copulatory female, and by
hysterosomal setae in the larva. From L.
lobus McDaniel (1970) L. puertoricensis
differs by the less marked development of
the posterior projections of the propodoso-
mal plate, by the chaetotaxy of the body,
and by larger size (length of females 665
and 360, respectively; length of males 425
and 246, respectively). The new species is
distinguished as well from L. mimon Fain
(1970a) by larger size (length of females
665 and 510, respectively; males of L.
mimon unknown), by the presence of the
leaflet-shaped seta of tarsus iv (absent in
L. mimon), and by the chaetotaxy of the

body. From L. phyllostomus McDaniel
(1972) L. puertoricensis differs by smaller
size of the male (length 425 and 520, re-
spectively), larger size of the female (length
665 and 623, respectively), number and
position of opisthosomal setae, and the
presence of a leaflet-shaped seta on tarsus in
(seta unmodified in L. phyllostomus).

We also distinguished in our material an
eight-legged stage (probably a nymph similar
to that described by Dubinina, 1964, for
Histiophorus sp.) that differs from females
only by smaller size (length 391-541, height
118-198) and by the slightly greater num-
ber of annulations (49-54).

Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis, known
only from the type host in Puerto Rico, is
common on hairs of the dorsum of the inter-
femoral membrane, forearm, and wing mem-
brane posterior and proximal to the forearm.

Paralabidocarpus foxi sp. n.

(Figs. 3a, B, 4e,f)
Paralabidocarpus artibei, Tamsitt and Fox,
1970, p. 399 (in part; not P. artibei Pinich-
pongse, 1963).

Female (holotype) (Fig. 3a) — Length of
body 429 (382-429), height of body 99
(92-105). Body laterally compressed, bear-
ing 48 (43-49) fine, transverse annulations;
edges subparallel but slightly tapered pos-
terior to legs iv.

Gnathosoma heavily sclerotized, only the
strong, chelate chelicerae distinguished.

Propodosoma heavily sclerotized, divided
into three plates; anterior smallest, sub-
triangular; intermediate larger than first, with
two prominent dorsal processes; third three
times larger than second, also with two
prominent dorsal processes, sharply pointed,
extending posterodorsally beyond border of
body.

Legs i and n labidocarpid type, of three
segments each. Legs i longer than legs n. Tar-
sus i bearing two strong, curved setae on
lateroposterior border; tarsus n with only
one seta, finer than that of tarsus I, on pos-
terodorsal border.

Legs in and iv (Fig. 4e,f) separated from
legs i and n and approximately in midregion
of body, each of four segments. Basal seg-
ment of legs in immovable, wider than long;
remaining segments decreasing in size and
increasing in relative length; third segment
bearing a long, stout solenidion; tarsus m
with a long, curved claw, two short, thick
accessory spurs, rounded at tips, a long,
thick pedunculate caruncle, and three fine
setae. Legs iv similar to legs in but longer, tar-
sus bearing one rather than two accessory
spurs. Coxal apodemes m long, fine, heavily
sclerotized, joined anteriorly, two-thirds
length of leg in. Coxal apodemes iv similar
in shape to those of hi, as long as basal seg-
ment of leg in.

Anus subterminal, ventral.

Two pairs of propodosomal setae (sc /,
sc e), long and stout (inferior stouter than
superior), arising from each end of a small
j-shaped plate posterior to last propodosomal
plate. Above coxal apodeme in are two
pair of long, fine setae (h, sh), inferior
shorter and thinner than superior. Anterior
to legs iv, on ventral part of body, are a pair
of very short, fine setae. At extreme posterior
of body, in a conical zone more heavily
sclerotized than surrounding areas, are two
pairs of long, fine setae, subequal in length
(Fig. 3a).

Male (allotype) (Fig. 3b)— Length 297,
height 1 1 8. Body laterally compressed, wider
between legs n and m, robust, with 21 fine,
transverse annulations.

Propodosomal plates, gnathosoma, and
legs as in female, but legs in and iv situated
posterior to midregion of body.

Copulatory organ consisting of a heavily
sclerotized area bearing three pairs of fine
setae (dorsal and intermediate setae long,
subequal, ventral setae short) and two pairs
of anal suckers (one between intermediate
and ventral setae, the other below ventral
seta).

There are two pairs of propodosomal
setae (sc i, sc e) and two pairs of metapodo-
somal setae (h, sh), the latter dorsal to coxal

apodemes in, shape and position as in the
female.

Copulatory female — Not available for study.

Larva — Not available for study.

Type data — Holotype female (rom), allo-
type male (rom), two paratype females
(rom, upr), one paratype female (acc)
from Artibeus j. jamaicensis, collected by
J. R. Tamsitt and Dario Valdivieso, Luquillo
Experimental Forest, near El Verde, Puerto
Rico, 12 February 1967, host number rom
40617. Other material (acc) studied in-
cludes three females from Stenoderma rujum
darioi, from same locality as the holotypes,
collected by Robert J. Baker, 20 July 1969,
host number ttu 8857.

Remarks — Paralabidocarpus foxi differs pri-
marily from P. artibei Pinichpongse (1963)
by being slightly larger (length of females
429 and 377, respectively; length of males
297 and 265, respectively), by having the
inferior pair of setae (sh) near coxal apo-
demes in noticeably smaller than the super-
ior pair (h), and by the shape of the small
plate from which the propodosomal setae
(sc i, sc e) arise. From P. tonatiae Fain
(1970a), P. foxi differs by being slightly
larger (length of females 420 and 429, re-
spectively; length of males 285 and 297,
respectively) and by not having the gnatho-
soma notably more pointed. P. carolliae
Fain (1970c) is distinguished from P. foxi
by its smaller size (length of females 360
and 429, respectively; length of males 246
and 297, respectively) and by the greater
development of the solenidion of leg iv. P.
foxi is distinguished from P. macrophyllum
Fain (1972) by larger size (length of fe-
males 429 and 306, respectively), by the
length of the superior seta (h) dorsal to
coxal apodeme in (considerably shorter in
P. macrophyllum), and by the absence of a
sclerotized external projection arising from
basal segment n. From P. trachops Fain
(1972) P. foxi differs by being larger (length
of females 360 and 429, respectively; length

of males 285 and 297, respectively), by the
considerably longer inferior seta (sh) dorsal
to apodeme m (thin and extremely short in
P. trachops), and by the relative positions
of the propodosomal setae (ventral setae,
sc e, far anterior to dorsal setae, sc i, in P.
trachops). P. surinamensis Fain (1970c),
P. desmodus Fain (1972), and P. antho-
rhinae Fain (1973) apparently belong to
another group of species, along with P.
stenodermi sp. n., in which a sclerotized bar
between the propodosomal setae (sc i, sc e)
is absent. This mite was found only on hairs
of the proximal part of the forearm and ad-
joining wing membrane of the hosts.

The species is named in honour of Dr.
Irving Fox, Professor of Medical Entomol-
ogy, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, who has contributed greatly to an
understanding of the taxonomy of mites of
Puerto Rico.

Paralabidocarpus stenodermi sp. n.

Paralabidocarpus artibei, Tamsitt and Fox,
1970, p. 399 (in part; not P. artibei Pinich-
pongse, 1963).

Holotype (female) (Fig. 3c) — Length 449
(402-449), height 138 (125-138). Body
robust, laterally compressed, higher poster-
ior to legs iv, having 61-63 transverse annu-
lations.

Only the strong, chelate chelicerae dis-
tinguished in gnathosoma.

Propodosomal plates three; anterior small,
subtriangular; intermediate larger than first,
with two prominent dorsal processes,
pointed, not surpassing dorsal border of
body; the stout, posterior plate extending to
level of legs n, almost three times as large as
intermediate plate, with two prominent
posterodorsal processes, each plate with a
short process near posterolateral angle from
which arise the lateral propodosomal setae
(sc i, sc e) .

Legs I and n labidocarpoid, heavily sclero-
tized. Legs i with three segments; second seg-
ment with a prominent, heavily sclerotized
projection on anterior border; tarsal segment

with a long, strong seta toward extreme dis-
tobasal border. Legs n, also of three seg-
ments, smaller than legs i; second segment
with a spine-like projection on anterodorsal
edge; tarsal segment with a short seta toward
posteromedial border.

Legs in and iv (Fig. 4c,d) separated from
legs I and n, position metapodosomal, each
with four segments. Basal segment of legs hi
immovable, wider than long, approximately
as large as second segment, which is longer
than wide; third segment smaller than sec-
ond, with a stout solenidion located near
extreme posteroventral border; tarsus small,
rounded, smaller than third segment, bearing
a long, curved claw, three short, fine setae,
a caruncle almost as long as tarsus, and two
short, thick accessory spurs. Coxal apodemes
in long, thin, heavily sclerotized, slightly
curved and with an anterior swelling, longer
than apodemes iv. Legs iv smaller than legs
in, basal segment shorter than that of legs m,
seta of third segment fine, tarus with one
short accessory spur instead of two, other-
wise legs iv similar to legs in.

Anus ventral, subterminal.

Two pairs of long, stout, opisthosomal
setae of subequal length dorsal to anus; two
pairs of metapodosomal setae (h, sh) an-
terodorsal to legs in, the inferior smaller; a
pair of short, fine metapodosomal setae an-
terior to base of legs iv, and another similar
pair of setae anterior to legs in; two pairs of
long propodosomal setae behind propodoso-
mal plates, the lower (sc e) arising from
posterior plate, larger than upper (sc i).

Male — Not available for study.

Copulatory female — Not available for study.

Larva (Paratype) — Similar to female, from
which it differs only by absence of legs iv,
dorsal processes of posterior propodosomal
plate less prominent, and smaller size (length
356, height 106).

Type data — Holotype female (rom) from
Stenoderma rufum darioi, collected by J. R.

Fig. 4 — Lawrenceocarpus sp. n. and Paralabidocarpus spp. n.

a. L. puertoricensis sp. n., leg m of holotype female, x 420.

B. L. puertoricensis sp. n., leg iv of holotype female, X 420.

c. P. stenodermi sp. n., leg in of holotype female, X 935.

D. P stenodermi sp. n., leg iv of holotype female, X 1,530.

E. P. foxi sp. n., leg in of holotype female, x 1,435.
f. P. foxi sp. n., leg iv of holotype female, X 1,140.

10

Tamsitt and Dario Valdivieso, Luquillo Ex-
perimental Forest, near El Verde, Puerto
Rico, 31 April 1967, host number rom
42749. Female paratype (acc) and larva
paratype (acc) from same host and locality
as holotype female, collected by Robert J.
Baker, 20 July 1969, host number ttu
8857. Other material (acc) studied includes
six females from same host and locality, col-
lected by J. R. Tamsitt and Dario Valdivieso,
12 February and 17 July 1967.

Remarks — Paralabidocarpus stenodermi is
similar to P. surinamensis Fain (1970c),
but the two are distinguished by the larger
size (length of female P. stenodermi 449;
length of "larvigerous" female P. surina-
mensis 495; Fain, 1970c, p. 178) and by
the short solenidion of the third segment of
leg iv of the latter. From P. desmodus Fain
(1972), P. stenodermi is distinguished by
larger size (length of females 394 and 449,
respectively), the shortness of the inferior
seta (sh) dorsal to coxal apodeme m, which
is three times longer in P. stenodermi, and
the relative shortness of the gnathosoma to
the propodosomal plates in P. desmodus.
From P. anthorhinae Fain (1973) P. steno-
dermi differs primarily by larger size (length
of females 375 and 449, respectively). P.
stenodermi, P. surinamensis, P. desmodus,
and P. anthorhinae differ from other species
of the genus in the shape of the propodoso-
mal plates, in the absence of a sclerotized
bar between the propodosomal setae, and in
the relative size and disposition of the hys-
terosomal setae (sc i and sc e).

Hosts were only lightly infested, and mites
were found in small numbers attached to
hairs on the proximal part of the forearm,
adjacent wing membrane, and upper leg.

Acknowledgments — Field work that yielded
most of the host specimens was supported by
Graduate Research Training Grant 5 Tl AI
15 from the National Institutes of Health,
U.S. Public Health Service, to Dr. Irving
Fox, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, and by other financial support to the

second author from the National Research
Council of Canada (Operating Grant
A6229), the Canadian National Sportsmen's
Show, and the Explorers Club. Acknowl-
edgment is made for use of the scanning
electron microscope housed in the Royal
Ontario Museum and financed through a
grant from the National Research Council
of Canada to the Department of Zoology,
University of Toronto. We express our ap-
preciation to Dr. Howard T. Odum, former
Director of the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center,
for permission to set nets at the Center's
Research Station; to Drs. A. Fain, Prince
Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Ant-
werp, Belgium, and Deane P. Furman, Divi-
sion of Entomology and Parasitology, Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley, for the loan
of type specimens; and to Dr. Robert J.
Baker, Texas Tech University, for the loan
of host material. We are particularly grate-
ful to Drs. David Barr, Irving Fox, and
R. L. Peterson for critically reading the
Manuscript. Mrs. Sophie Poray, Anker
Odum, and Allan McColl helped prepare
the illustrations. Assistance from the staff of
the Department of Mammalogy, Royal On-
tario Museum, is gratefully acknowledged.

Resumen — Se describen tres especies nuevas
de acaros labidocarpidos (Listrophoroidea,
Chirodiscidae) de murcielagos de Puerto
Rico. Lawrenceocarpus puertoricensis, sp.
n., difiere primeramente de la especie fnti-
mamente relacionada, L. micropilus Dus-
babek y Cruz, por su tamano mayor; por el
niimero y posicion de setas opistosomales en
ambos sexos; por la presencia de una seta en
forma de hojuela en el tarso in, la ciial esta
ausente en L. micropilus; por la forma de
la una accesoria del tarso iv (recta en L.
puertoricensis, redondeada en L. micro-
pilus) ; por la forma y posicion del organo
copulador del macho; por la forma del
apodema coxal I y por la forma y posicion
de las patas ii-iv de las hembras copula-
doras. De L. dusbabeki Cruz difiere por su
mayor tamano; por la forma de las unas
accesorias; por la forma y tamano relativo

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del organo copulador del macho; de las
hembas copuladoras por la forma y localiza-
tion de las patas ii-iv; de las larvas por la
disposition de las setas histerosomales. De
L. lobus McDaniel se diferencia por el desar-
rollo menos marcado de las proyecciones
posteriores de la placa propodosomal; por
la quetotaxia del cuerpo y por su tamano
mayor. De L. phyllostomus McDaniel difiere
por el tamano menor del macho y mayor de
la hembra; por el numero y position de las
setas opistosomales en ambos sexos y por la
presencia de una seta en forma de hojuela
en el tarso in. De L. mimon Fain se diferen-
cia por su mayor tamano. El hospedero
tipico es Brachyphylla cavernarum y la
localidad tipica es la Cueva Corozal cerca de
Corozal, Puerto Rico. L. puertoricensis
habia sido reportado de Puerto Rico por
Tamsitt y Fox (1970) bajo el nombre L.
micropilus Dusbabek y Cruz.

Paralabidocarpus foxi, sp. n., difiere pri-
meramente de P. artibei Pinichpongse por
ser ligeramente de mayor tamano; por tener
el par inferior de setas cerca al apodema
coxal in bastante mas pequenas que el par
superior y por la forma de la placa pequena
de las setas propodosomales. De P. tonatiae
Fain se diferencia por su tamano ligeramente
mayor y por no tener el gnatosoma notable-
mente mas agudo. P. carolliae Fain se dis-
tingue por su tamano menor y por el mayor
desarrollo del solenidio de las patas iv. P.
foxi se diferencia de P. macro phy Hum Fain
por su talla mayor; por la longitud de la
seta superior sobre el apodema coxal in
(considerablemente mas corto en P. macro-
phyllum ) y por la ausencia de la proyeccion

externa esclerotizada del apodema coxal n.
De P. trachops Fain P. foxi se distingue por
su tamano mayor; por la longitud de la seta
inferior dorsal al apodema coxal in (muy
delgada y corta en P. trachops) y por las
posiciones relativas de las setas propodoso-
males. El hospedero tipico es Artibeus j.
jamaicensis y la localidad tipica es Luquillo
Experimental Forest cerca de El Verde,
Puerto Rico. P. foxi habia sido anterior-
mente reportado por Tamsitt y Fox (1970)
como P. artibei Pinichpongse.

Paralabidocarpus stenodermi, sp. n., difiere
de P. surinamensis Fain por su tamano
menor y por la longitud del solenidio del
tercer segmento de la pata iv. P. stenodermi
se diferencia de P. desmodus Fain por su
tamano mayor; por la pequenez de la seta
inferior dorsal al apodema coxal hi, la
ciial es tres veces mas larga en P. stenodermi
y por la pequenez relativa del gnatosoma
a las placas propodosomales de P. des-
modus. De P. anthorhinae Fain difiere
principalmente por su mayor tamano. P.
stenodermi, P. surinamensis, P. desmodus y
P. anthorhinae difieren de las otras especies
del genero por la forma de las placas pro-
podosomales; por la ausencia de una conex-
ion esclerotizada entre las dos setas propodo-
somales; por su tamano relativo y por la
disposition de las setas histerosomales. El
hospedero tipico es Stenoderma rufum da-
rioi y la localidad tipica es Luquillo Experi-
mental Forest cerca de El Verde, Puerto
Rico. P. stenodermi habia sido reportado
anteriormente por Tamsitt y Fox (1970)
como P. artibei Pinichpongse.

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