Participation of bats (Chiroptera

• Published in: Entomological Review
• Main Authors: Orlova, Mariya V., Pichurina, N. L., Khametova, A. P., Romanova, L. V., Borodina, T. N., Zabashta, A. V., M. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: летучие мыши; эктопаразиты; природно-очаговые инфекции; Юг России; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873819040110; http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000673797

To determine the species composition of ectoparasites 65 individuals of 6 species of vesper bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) were examined. Altogether 521 specimens of 11 species of arthropods (gamasid mites soft ticks and fleas) were collected of which Steatonyssus noctulus and Nycteridopsylla eusarca were recorded for the first time from Rostov Province. As the result of laboratory studies of the bats and ectoparasites associated with them in Rostov Province DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi s. l. genospecies Borrelia afzelii was detected in samples of Pipistrellus pipistrellus P. pygmaeus P. kuhlii Eptesicus serotinus Carios vespertilionis Steatonyssus periblepharus DNA of Borrelia spp. was detected in samples of Macronyssus flavus DNA of Ehrlichia spp. in samples of P. pipistrellus and P. kuhlii DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in samples of Nyctalus noctula. Participation of bats and their ectoparasites in the epizootic process of tularemia was recorded for the first time by detection of Francisella tularensis DNA in samples of P. pipistrellus N. noctula P. kuhlii and Cimex ex gr. pipistrelli. Markers of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus were discovered for the first time in samples of N. noctula and P. pipistrellus.