Email this article New findings of gamasid mites belonging to families Laelapidae, Hirstionyssidae, and Haemogamasidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) on bats (Chiroptera)
- Authors: Orlova M.V.1, Yakimenko V.V.2
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Affiliations:
- National Research Tomsk State University
- Omsk Research Institute of Natural Focal Infections
- Issue: Vol 43, No 3 (2016)
- Pages: 252-256
- Section: Zoology
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1062-3590/article/view/181569
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016030109
- ID: 181569
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Abstract
Our own and previous data concerning the findings of parasitic gamasid mites (Mesostigmata: Gamasina) on bats (Chiroptera), which are not a principal host for them, are analyzed. The gamasid mites under study belong to the following families: Laelapidae Berlese, 1892; Hirstionyssidae Evans, Till, 1966; and Haemogamasidae Oudemans, 1926. In total, 27 species of parasites of the analyzed groups were found on bats. Among them, two species were described for bats for the first time. The medicinal value of this exchange is considered. Possible places where bats have contact with other mammals are discussed.
About the authors
M. V. Orlova
National Research Tomsk State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: masha_orlova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050
V. V. Yakimenko
Omsk Research Institute of Natural Focal Infections
Email: masha_orlova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, nab. Tukhachevskogo 14, Omsk, 644099
