Découverte en Suisse d'un parasite nouveau, Spinturnix helvetiae n. sp. (Acarina, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), spécifique de Nyctalus leisleri (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae)

Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae)

“…2). Deunff et al (1986) described S. helvetiae as a new species specific to N. leisleri, and morphologically distinct from S. acuminata hosted by N. noctula. However, this taxonomic interpretation was challenged more recently by Uchikawa et al (1994), who relegated S. helvetiae to a subspecies of S. acuminata.…”

“…Parasitic mites of the family Spinturnicidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) are ectoparasites specialized on bats (Rudnick, 1960). The last century, their taxonomy underwent many rearrangements and currently 13 Spinturnix species are recognized in Europe (Deunff, 1977;Deunff et al, 1986Deunff et al, , 1997Deunff et al, 1990;Deunff et al, 2004;Kolenati, 1856;Rudnick, 1960;Stanyukovich, 1997). Spinturnix mites are obligate parasites completing their entire life cycle on membranous regions of their host's body (Rudnick, 1960).…”

Spinturnix acuminata(C. L. Koch, 1836), a species new to the fauna of Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata)

“…The distribution of S. acuminata extends from Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (Far East), Spain, Switzerland, and the Ukraine in the Palaearctic Region through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India, reaching as far as Sri Lanka and Java in the Oriental Region (RUDNICK 1960, DUSBÁBEK 1962, 1970, UCHIKAWA 1979, DEUNFF et al 1986, UCHIKAWA et al 1994, HAITLINGER & WALTER 1997, BAKER & CRAVEN 2003. STILES & NOLAN (1931) and RUDNICK (1960) considered Spinturnix von Heyden, 1826 mites parasitic on N. noctula (type host) and P. pipistrellus to be S. acuminata.…”

“…This is easily recognizable by having short and well-spaced proteronotal setae 1 and by the fovea pattern of the dorsal shield. The morphological features of this mite were given by RUDNICK (1960), DUSBÁBEK (1962), DEUNFF et al (1986), and UCHIKAWA et al (1994.…”

Two spinturnicid mites new to the fauna of Poland (Acari: Spinturnicidae)

“…Spinturnicid mites are ectoparasites of bats and live mainly on the wing membranes. In Europe 15 spinturnicid mite species have been recorded on bats, one species of the genus Parapereglischrus RUDNICK, 1960, one species with two subspecies of Eyndhovenia RUDNICK, 1960 and 13 species of the genus Spinturnix VON HEYDEN, 1826(DEUNFF 1977, UCHIKAWA & DUSBÁBEK 1978, DEUNFF et al 1986, 1990, 1997, 2004. In Poland nine species of the genus Spinturnix have been reported.…”