Macronyssus heteromorphus Dusbábek and Radovsky, 1972

Orlova, M. V. & Orlov, O. L., 2015, Attempt To Define The Complexes Of Bat Ectoparasites In The Boreal Palaearctic Region, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (1), pp. 75-86 : 80

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Macronyssus heteromorphus Dusbábek and Radovsky, 1972
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The species was described in the Kuril Islands on the uncharacteristic host — the grey rat ( Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)) . Earlier findings were made on the eastern water bat, Myotis sibiricus , northern bat, Hilgendorf’s tube-nosed bat Murina hilgendorfi in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Far East ( Stanyukovich, 1997), as well as on the territory of Tuva (own data).

Stanyukovich, M. K. Keys to the gamasid mites (Acari: Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Macronyssoidea et Laelaptoidea) parasiting bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from Russia and adjacent countries // Rudolst. natur. histor. Schriften. - 1997. - 7. - P. 13 - 46.