Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Vileikos str. 8, 44404, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Institute of Parasitology and Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04000, Kosice, Slovakia.
Exp Appl Acarol. 2020 May;81(1):149-162. doi: 10.1007/s10493-020-00493-3. Epub 2020 Apr 19.
Associations between species of Laelapidae (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssoidea) mites and small rodents have been studied insufficiently. The aim of this study was to investigate infestation patterns of small rodent species by laelapid mites at six locations in Lithuania. A total of 728 rodents were snap- and live-trapped in various locations during 2013-2016. Eight rodent species were identified, namely Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus agrarius, Myodes glareolus, Micromys minutus, Mus musculus, Microtus oeconomus, Microtus arvalis and Microtus agrestis. A total of 343 (47.1%) rodents were found to be infested with up to eight species of parasitic mites from the Laelapidae family (n = 1363): Laelaps agilis, Laelaps hilaris, Hyperlaelaps microti, Haemogamasus nidi, Haemogamasus hirsutus, Eulaelaps stabularis, Hirstionyssus sunci and Myonyssus gigas. The dominant species of mite found on rodents was L. agilis (89.1%), found on 43.4% of all hosts. Abundance and mean intensity of infestation with mites varied among species of hosts and were highest for A. flavicollis. We document new geographical and host records for gamasid mites of eight rodent species in Lithuania.
螨科（中气门目：皮蝇科）螨与小型啮齿动物之间的关系研究得还不够充分。本研究的目的是调查立陶宛六个地点的小型啮齿动物物种被螨类寄生的情况。2013-2016 年期间，在不同地点用活捕和陷阱法共捕获了 728 只啮齿动物。共鉴定出 8 种啮齿动物，分别为黄胸鼠、黑线姬鼠、大林姬鼠、小毛足鼠、小家鼠、黑线仓鼠、东方田鼠和黑线姬鼠。共有 343 只（47.1%）啮齿动物被多达 8 种寄生螨科螨类寄生（n=1363）：活泼革螨、亨氏革螨、微小革螨、巢血螨、粗毛血螨、异皮螨、沙氏钝缘蜱和巨须螨。在啮齿动物上发现的主要螨种是活泼革螨（89.1%），占所有宿主的 43.4%。螨的丰度和感染强度在宿主物种之间存在差异，黄胸鼠的螨类丰度和感染强度最高。我们记录了立陶宛 8 种啮齿动物的 8 种革螨的新地理和宿主记录。
