1. New findings of spinturnicid mites (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Spinturnicidae) from the Caucasus.
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Orlova MV, Thong VD, Anisimov NV, Smirnov DG, and Orlov OL
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- Animals, Female, Georgia, Larva growth & development, Larva physiology, Male, Mites growth & development, Nymph growth & development, Nymph physiology, Russia, Animal Distribution, Chiroptera parasitology, Host-Parasite Interactions, Mites physiology
- Abstract
The Caucasus is a large region in Eurasia consisting of four countries: Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Although it is one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world, the bat ectoparasite fauna has been poorly studied. To promotionally fill in the gaps regarding bat ectoparasites, we conducted five field surveys on bats and their ectoparasites at nine localities within the region between April 2016 and March 2021. Eight species and subspecies of spinturnicid mites were recorded over the surveys: Eyndhovenia euryalis oudemansi, Spinturnix acuminata acuminata, S. emarginata, S. myoti, S. nobleti, S. plecotina, S. psi, and S. punctata. Among them, three species, Spinturnix emarginata, S. nobleti and S. punctate, are newly recorded from the Caucasus region, and one each of subspecies and species, Eyndhovenia euryalis oudemansi and S. plecotina, are newly recorded from Georgia. In addition, Myotis tschuliensis was recorded as a new host species of S. myoti., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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