Orlova M V, Smirnov D G, Vekhnik V P, Lukyanenko A M, Zabashta A V
Tyumen State University, 625003 Tyumen, Russia.
Tomsk National Research State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia.
Russ J Biol Invasions. 2020;11(4):348-362. doi: 10.1134/S2075111720040104. Epub 2020 Dec 20.
Here we report the results of our own survey and literary published data on the ectoparasite fauna and pathogens of the alien bat species, the Kuhl's pipistrelle (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). This bat is a host of 36 species of parasitic mites, ticks and insects (including accidental findings) and 13 species of pathogens (protozoa, bacteria, viruses). The flea is re-corded on this host for the first time. We have found that outside of the host ancestral range, the core of the bat parasite fauna is significantly different due to the loss of host species-specific ectoparasites. Particularly, in Russia, only 6 species of parasitic arthropods have been recorded for Kuhl's pipistrelle and all of them are host genus-specific. At the same time, the features of ecology and occasional finds of extrinsic parasites allow to suggest that has wide contacts with animals which are the reservoirs of zoonotic infec-tions, that in combination with the fact of isolation of several pathogens from this species (including two coronaviruses) points to a possible medical importance of Kuhl's pipistrelle.
在此，我们报告了我们自己的调查结果以及已发表文献中有关外来蝙蝠物种库氏伏翼（Kuhl，1817年）（翼手目：蝙蝠科）的体外寄生虫动物群和病原体的数据。这种蝙蝠是36种寄生螨、蜱和昆虫（包括偶然发现的）以及13种病原体（原生动物、细菌、病毒）的宿主。首次在这种宿主身上记录到跳蚤。我们发现，在宿主的原始分布范围之外，由于宿主物种特异性体外寄生虫的丧失，蝙蝠寄生虫动物群的核心有显著差异。特别是在俄罗斯，库氏伏翼仅记录到6种寄生节肢动物，且所有这些都是宿主属特异性的。同时，外来寄生虫的生态特征和偶然发现表明，它与作为人畜共患感染宿主的动物有广泛接触，再加上从该物种中分离出几种病原体（包括两种冠状病毒）这一事实，表明库氏伏翼可能具有医学重要性。
