''Cameronieta'' is a genus of mites in the family

Spinturnicidae Spinturnicidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The mites are highly specialized parasites of wing or tail membrane or bats. Some species infest eyelids and eye canthi. The species of Spinturnicidae are found in bat habitats throug ...

. There are about seven described species in ''Cameronieta'', found in the

Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...

and

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islands. The species of ''Cameronieta'', like the other members of this family, are parasites of bats. They live primarily on the wing and tail membranes of bats throughout all stages of life.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus ''Cameronieta'': * '' Cameronieta almaensis'' Almeida, Gettinger & Gardner, 2016 * '' Cameronieta elongata'' (Furman, 1966) * '' Cameronieta machadoi'' Dusbábek, 1968 * '' Cameronieta strandtmanni'' (Tibbetts, 1957) * '' Cameronieta thomasi'' Machado-Allison, 1965 * '' Cameronieta tibbettsi'' Dusbábek, 1968 * '' Cameronieta torrei'' Dusbábek, 1968

References

Arachnids {{mesostigmata-stub