Acarorum Catalogus Viii

Abstract

Contains both predators and permanent parasites of vertebrates. Some are nest or house-dust inhabitants, others live on plants or in insect colonies (phoretic), or are found (Hoffmannita) on Crustacea (Decapoda) and Arachnida (Scorpiones). There are Cheyletids (Cheyletiella parasitivorax, Ch. yasguri) living on domestic animals (rabbits, cats, dogs) and recorded as vectors of mange on Man. According to , 280 species of 54 genera (77.8%) are predators, 80 sp. of 19 gen. (23.2%) are parasites of birds and mammals.The first Cheyletid was described by Schrank (1781, the well known "Acarus" eruditus, type of the genus Cheyletus Latreille, 1796). The family Cheyletidae was described by Leach (1815). Among the many publications until 1969 should be mentionned the revision (and many other papers) of , the paper of Baker (1949) on North American Cheyletidae and the analysis of . Other acarologists having contributed to the taxonomy of Cheyletidae before 1969 are Heller,

First record of Psorergatoides Fain, 1959 (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Psorergatidae) for the Balkan Peninsula with description of the cutaneous lesions on the wing membrane of its hosts Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797) and Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)

“…Although Psorergatidae seems to be common in the host populations ( Izdebska and Fryderyk 2012 ), they are understudied because of their small size and practically asymptomatic presence in the skin in most cases ( Izdebska and Fryderyk 2012 , Nelson et al 2017 ). As a whole, only two species are published for the fauna of the Balkan Peninsula and south-eastern Europe: Psorergates apodemi Fain, Lukoschus & Hallmann, 1966 and P. muricola Fain, 1961 ( Beron 2021 ). Our observation of Psorergatoides kerivoulae is the southernmost record for the species in Europe and the first mention of the genus Psorergatoides in the Balkans.…”

“…Our observation of Psorergatoides kerivoulae is the southernmost record for the species in Europe and the first mention of the genus Psorergatoides in the Balkans. Psorergatoides kerivoulae has an exceptionally wide geographic range and so far, it has been reported from Belgium, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Malaysia (Borneo), Poland and Australia ( Nelson et al 2017 , Beron 2021 , Cierocka et al 2022 ). The parasite has been associated with the following bat species: Kerivoula cuprosa Thomas, 1912, K. lanosa (Smith, 1847), Myotis bocagei (Peters, 1870), M. macropus (Gould, 1854), M. muricola (Gray, 1846), M. myotis (Borkhausen, 1797), M. mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817), Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae ) ( Haitlinger 1979 , Giesen 1990 , Izdebska and Fryderyk 2012 , Izdebska and Krawczyk 2012 , Nelson et al 2017 , Beron 2021 , Cierocka et al 2022 ).…”