A new species of Spinturnix (Acari: Spinturnicidae) from the Turkestani long-eared bat Otonycteris leucophaea (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Kazakhstan


Dundarova H. Orlova M. Anisimov N. Baskakova S. Shakula G. Shakula F. Shakula S. Amirekul K.
22 December 2022Magnolia Press

Zootaxa
2022#5222Issue 5443 - 456 pp.

The female, male and protonymph of Spinturnix otonycterisi Dundarova & Orlova, sp. nov. (Acari: Spinturnicidae) are described from specimens collected on the enigmatic and rarely captured vespertilionid bat Otonycteris leucophaea (Severcov, 1873) in South Kazakhstan. A key for the identification of the species of Spinturnix von Heyden, 1826 found in Kazakhstan is provided.

bat ectoparasites , Central Asia , Spinturnix

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Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
Tyumen State Medical University, Odesskaya str. 54, Tyumen, 625023, Russian Federation
National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina str. 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russian Federation
Tyumen State University, Volodarskogo str. 6, Tyumen, 625003, Russian Federation
Wild Nature NGO, Taldybulak St. 14, Zhabagly, 161310, Kazakhstan

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Tyumen State Medical University
National Research Tomsk State University
Tyumen State University
Wild Nature NGO

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