Ectoparasite Community Structure of Two Bats (Myotis lucifugus and M. septentrionalis) from the Maritimes of Canada

Table 1

Prevalence of ectoparasites among the different host groups at all sample sites in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick during swarming, Aug–Oct 2010.

Ectoparasite	Myotis lucifugus			Myotis septentrionalis
	Adult		*Young of the year	Adult		*Young of the year
	Male	Female		Male	Female
	𝑛=136	𝑛=73	𝑛=91	𝑛=87	𝑛=48	𝑛=102
Spinturnix americanus	8.1%	30.1%	22%	17.2%	33.3%	62.8%
Myodopsylla insignis	16.2%	48%	55%	6.9%	8.3%	9.8%
Macronyssus crosbyi	0	1.4%	0	0	4.2%	7.8%
Cimex adjunctus	0	0	0	0	2.1%	5.9%
Androlaelaps casalis	0	0	0	0	0	1%
Acanthophthirius spp.	0	0	0	0	2.1%	0
Any ectoparasite	22.1%	68.5%	63.7%	23%	43.8%	71.6%

*There was no difference in prevalence among genders for young of the year, so they were combined for analysis.