National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia; Tyumen State Medical University, Tyumen, Russia.
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi, Viet Nam; Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Parasitol Int. 2021 Dec;85:102429. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102429. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
The Caucasus is a large region in Eurasia consisting of four countries: Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Although it is one of the biodiversity hotspots in the world, the bat ectoparasite fauna has been poorly studied. To promotionally fill in the gaps regarding bat ectoparasites, we conducted five field surveys on bats and their ectoparasites at nine localities within the region between April 2016 and March 2021. Eight species and subspecies of spinturnicid mites were recorded over the surveys: Eyndhovenia euryalis oudemansi, Spinturnix acuminata acuminata, S. emarginata, S. myoti, S. nobleti, S. plecotina, S. psi, and S. punctata. Among them, three species, Spinturnix emarginata, S. nobleti and S. punctate, are newly recorded from the Caucasus region, and one each of subspecies and species, Eyndhovenia euryalis oudemansi and S. plecotina, are newly recorded from Georgia. In addition, Myotis tschuliensis was recorded as a new host species of S. myoti.
高加索是欧亚大陆的一个大区，由四个国家组成：俄罗斯、格鲁吉亚、阿塞拜疆和亚美尼亚。尽管它是世界生物多样性热点地区之一，但蝙蝠外寄生虫区系的研究却很少。为了填补有关蝙蝠外寄生虫的空白，我们在 2016 年 4 月至 2021 年 3 月期间在该地区的 9 个地点对蝙蝠及其外寄生虫进行了五次实地调查。在调查中记录了 8 种和 8 亚种的旋尾螨：E yndhovenia euryalis oudemansi、Spinturnix acuminata acuminata、S. emarginata、S. myoti、S. nobleti、S. plecotina、S. psi 和 S. punctata。其中，有三种旋尾螨，即 Spinturnix emarginata、S. nobleti 和 S. punctata，是从高加索地区新记录的，而 Eyndhovenia euryalis oudemansi 和 S. plecotina 则分别是从格鲁吉亚新记录的亚种和物种。此外，Myotis tschuliensis 被记录为 S. myoti 的新宿主物种。
