Spinturnix plecotina (Koch, 1839)

Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján & Ciechanowski, Mateusz, 2014, Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation, Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44), pp. 2661-2674 : 2671

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729

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scientific name

Spinturnix plecotina (Koch, 1839)
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Records: Qafa e Malit II, 9 August 2003, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 nymph from P. macrobullaris (this bat species recorded for the first time in Albania – Sachanowicz and Ciechanowski 2006); Lura National Park , 29 June 2011, 1 nymph from P. auritus ; Liqeni i Thores, 7 September 2012, 3 ♂♂, 3 nymphs from P. auritus ; Nojë, 14 September 2012, 1 ♀ from P. austriacus .

Female measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 1238–1256 long, 958–971 wide; dorsal shield 713–726 long, 480–492 wide; sternal shield 155–162 long, 138–142 wide.

This species occurs mainly on P. auritus , but was found also on P. teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 ( Estrada-Peña et al. 1990), P. austriacus , R. ferrumequinum , E. nilssonii , E. serotinus , B. barbastellus and N. noctula ( Stanyukovich 1997) . It is distributed in Europe ( Haitlinger and Walter 1997), Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan ( Stanyukovich 1997) and Japan ( Uchikawa and Wada 1979). In total, we found 14 individuals (prevalence 44.4%, mean intensity 2, relative density 0.9), among them seven from P. auritus , six from P. macrobullaris and one from P. austriacus . Plecotus macrobullaris is a new host species for this mite.

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Haitlinger R, Walter G. 1997. Data relating to the distribution and host-specifity of batinfesting mites (Acari, Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmata) in Germany. Drosera. 97: 95 - 112.

Sachanowicz K, Ciechanowski M. 2006. Plecotus macrobullaris - new bat species for Albanian fauna (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Lynx. 37: 241 - 246.

Stanyukovich MK. 1997. Keys to the gamasid mites (Acari, Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Macronyssoidea et Laelaptoidea) parasiting bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from Russia and adjacent countries. Rudolstadter Nat hist Schr. 7: 13 - 46.

Uchikawa K, Wada T. 1979. Studies on mesostigmatid mites parasitic on mammals and birds in Japan. IX. Bat mites of the genus Spinturnix von Heyden, 1829 (Part I) (Spinturnicidae). Jpn J Sanit Zool. 30: 121 - 125.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Mesostigmata

Family

Spinturnicidae

Genus

Spinturnix

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Plecotus