An unusual finding of a parasitic gamasid mite Macronyssus heteromorphus Dusbábek

We present the first record of Macronyssus heteromorphus Dusbábek et Radovsky 1972 (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Macronyssidae) in the Trans-Urals. Our record is located 1,500 km northwest from the nearest site of this species’ previous record. The collected specimen (male) was found parasitizing a femal...

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Published in:Acarina
Main Authors: Orlova, Mariya V., Tomishina, Anastasia A., Anisimov, Nikolay V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
летучие мыши
гамазовые клещи
Зауралье
khanty
khanty-mansi
Mansi
Mite
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21684/0132-8077-2019-27-1-107-111
http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000673796
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Summary:We present the first record of Macronyssus heteromorphus Dusbábek et Radovsky 1972 (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Macronyssidae) in the Trans-Urals. Our record is located 1,500 km northwest from the nearest site of this species’ previous record. The collected specimen (male) was found parasitizing a female of Myotis brandtii (Eversmann 1845) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). The records of both Macronyssus heteromorphus and its host species are the first ones in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area. In this article we present the measurements of this species for the first time including the measurements that were omitted from the first description of this mite. Our finding also points to the existence of an area where Myotis brandtii and Myotis sibiricus Kastschenko 1905 are sympatric.

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