Oudemansidium komareki (Daniel et Dusbábek, 1959)

Trombicula (Leptotrombidium) komareki – Daniel and Dusbábek (1959): 421, figs 1–5.

Leptotrombidium komareki – Kepka (1964): 568, fig. 4.

Myotrombicula komareki – Schluger and Vshivkov (1967): 912, figs 9–16.

Oudemansidium komareki – Schluger and Vysotzkaja (1970): 165; Kudryashova (1998): 139, fig. 99.

Chiroptella (Oudemansidium) komareki – Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston (1976): 904, pl. 261.

Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) fasciatum – Feider (1968): 409, figs 1–4.

T y p e d e p o s i t i o n: Holotype 585/ 1 in the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Moldova, Crimea, and Azerbaijan. Here this species is recorded for the first time in Spain.

H o s t s: Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber), Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl), Myotis myotis (Borkhausen), Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus), P. austriacus, Pipistrellus pipistrellus ( Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), R. ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein) ( Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae), Arvicola terrestris (Linnaeus) ( Rodentia: Cricetidae). Here this species is recorded for the first time from Pipistrellus kuhlii . In Spain this host species roosts in crevices of buildings, rocks and trees, as well as tree hollows and bat-boxes (Ibañez 1998).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Seven specimens (ZIN 11160– 11166) ex one Pipistrellus kuhlii (samples 180112-3 and 180112-6), Spain, Menorca, Alaior, bat-box 9, 12 January 2018, collector J. Quetglas.