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

Table 4

Ectoparasite prevalence, mean intensity (standard deviation and range) on postlactating females versus nonreproductive females of both species of Myotis in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Ectoparasite	Postlactating females	Nonreproductive females
	(𝑛=17)	(𝑛=97)
Spinturnix americanus	41.2%, 0.5 (0.7, 0–2)	38%, 0.7 (1.2, 0–5)
Myodopsylla insignis	47.1%, 1.1 (1.6, 0–5)	32%, 0.7 (1.3, 0–7)
Macronyssus crosbyi	0	7.2%, 0.1 (0.3, 0–2)
Cimex adjunctus	0	0
Androlaeps casalis	0	1%, 0.02 (0.2, 0–2)
Acanthophthirius spp.	0	1%, 0.02 (0.2, 0–2)
Any ectoparasite	76.5%, 1.6 (1.4, 0–5)	66%, 1.5 (1.7, 0–5)