| abstract | Seven mite species of the family Macronyssidae have been found on bats from the island of Cuba and the adjoining island Isla de Pinos: Macronyssoides kochi (Fonseca, 1948), Chiroptonyssus robustipes (Ewing, 1925), Ch. haematophagus (Fonseca, 1935), Ch. venezolanus (Vitzthzm, 1932), Ch. cubensis sp.n., Steatonyssus (Steatonyssus) ceratognathus (Ewing, 1923) and Cryptonyssus sp. A new species Chiroptonyssus cubensis is described from the Cuban endemic bat species Tadarida (Mormopterus) minuta (Miller). Only protonymphs of Cryptonyssus sp. have been found which do not agree with the description of any known species of this genus. |