| rediscovery of meristaspis lateralis (kolenati) (acari: mesostigmata: spinturnicidae) parasitizing the egyptian fruit bat, rousettus aegyptiacus (geoffroy) (mammalia: chiroptera), with a key to mites of bats in egypt. | faunistic information about bat mites in egypt is scarce. collection records of parasitic mites, meristaspis lateralis (kolenati, 1856) (mesostigmata: spinturnicidae), are reported from the egyptian fruit bat, rousettus aegyptiacus (geoffroy, 1810) (mammalia: chiroptera) in assiut governorate, egypt. seven species of bat mites are recognized from egypt to date. a host-parasite checklist and an identification key to these species are presented. | 2014 | 24961009 |