Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 46(3) 2003

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VOL 46(3) 2003

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Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae, acuminata-group, Spinturnix helvetiae, Taxonomy, diagnostic features, Chiroptera, Poland

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Spinturnix helvetiae DEUNFF & KELLER & AELLEN, 1986 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) - a new mite species in the Polish fauna

• Hanna FERENC
• Robert MYSŁAJEK

Abstract:

Spinturnix helvetiae DEUNFF, KELLER, AELLEN, 1986 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) is ascertained in the Polish fauna for the first time. The checklist of Spinturnicidae mites observed on bats of Poland is supplemented with the newly discovered species and it contains now 8 species of mites (including one with two subspecies). A number of new morphological features differentiating Spinturnix helvetiae infesting Nyctalus leisleri from closely related Spinturnix acuminatus (KOCH, 1836) infesting Nyctalus noctula are described.