Contribution to the fauna of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing bats in Spain

Contribution to the fauna of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing bats in Spain

Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. Leptotrombidium europaeum (Daniel and Brelih, 1959) and Ascoschoengastia latyshevi (Schluger, 1955) has been recorded for the first time on bats; Leptotrombidium russicum (Oudemans, 1902), A. latyshevi a...

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Published in:Acarologia Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 1201 - 1209
Main Authors: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., Quetglas, Juan, Ibáñez, Carlos, Sánchez-Navarro, Sonia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Acarologia 01-01-2022
Subjects:
Animal biology
Biodiversity and Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Invertebrate Zoology
Life Sciences
Microbiology and Parasitology
Parasitology
Animalia
Ascoschoengastia
Acari
Arthropoda
fauna
chiggers
Leptotrombidium
Aacriformes
parasites of bats
Willmannium
Western Europe
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Summary:Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. Leptotrombidium europaeum (Daniel and Brelih, 1959) and Ascoschoengastia latyshevi (Schluger, 1955) has been recorded for the first time on bats; Leptotrombidium russicum (Oudemans, 1902), A. latyshevi and Willmannium cavus moldaviensis Kudryashova, 1992 have been recorded for the first time from Spain. The latter record represents also the first finding of the genus Willmannium Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976 in Western Europe.
ISSN:0044-586X
2107-7207
DOI:10.24349/qojp-y0ow