Seven species of Ornithonyssinae are recorded from Surinam. Of these, three are described as new: Chiroptonyssus brennani spec. nov., from Molossops (Cynomops) planirostris; Steatonyssus surinamensis spec. nov., from Eptesicus melanopterus; Mitonyssoides stercorals gen. et spec. nov., from Molossus molossus. Chiroptonyssus haematophagus (Fonseca, 1935) is listed for the first time from Surinam and also from Grenada, Windward Is., West Indies.

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Yunker, C. E., Lukoschus, F. S., & Giesen, K. M. T. (1990). Parasitic mites of Surinam : 24. The subfamily Ornithonyssinae, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 63(14), 169–186.