De Rojas Manuel, Doña Jorge, Dimov Ivan
University of Seville, Seville, Spain University of Seville Seville Spain.
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, United States of America Illinois Natural History Survey Champaign United States of America.
Biodivers Data J. 2020 Feb 28;8:e49535. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e49535. eCollection 2020.
Rhinonyssid mites are permanent parasites of birds that inhabit their respiratory tract. There are around 600 species described worldwide and almost all species of birds are found to have embedded rhinonyssid mites. Despite their presumed relevance, these mites are largely unstudied due to the difficulty in sampling them and, therefore, the majority of mite-host associations and species-prevalence data are unknown.
In this study, 179 mite specimens belonging to 27 species and eight genera were identified. Notably, 18 new mite-bird associations were documented for the first time, thus increasing the known host range for these mite species. In addition, mite-host associations found in this study were compared with known associations from these species of birds in the European part of Russia and in Europe. Overall, this study represents the largest survey to date carried out on rhinonyssid mites in Russia and one of the most comprehensive datasets on rhinonyssid host-range.
鼻螨是栖息在鸟类呼吸道的永久性寄生虫。全球已描述的鼻螨种类约有600种，几乎所有鸟类都发现有鼻螨寄生。尽管它们可能具有重要意义，但由于采样困难，这些螨虫在很大程度上未被研究，因此，大多数螨-宿主关联和物种流行数据尚不清楚。
在本研究中，鉴定出了属于8个属27个物种的179个螨标本。值得注意的是，首次记录了18种新的螨-鸟关联，从而增加了这些螨物种已知的宿主范围。此外，将本研究中发现的螨-宿主关联与俄罗斯欧洲部分和欧洲这些鸟类物种的已知关联进行了比较。总体而言，本研究是迄今为止俄罗斯对鼻螨进行的最大规模调查，也是关于鼻螨宿主范围最全面的数据集之一。
