title: Description of male and protonymph of Nycteronyssus desmodus (Acari: Macronyssidae).
abstract: The male and protonymph of Nycteronyssus desmodus Saunders & Yunker (1973) are described on the basis of a single specimen of the type host species from Trinidad. Supplementary comments on the morphology of the female are also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchikawa
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors