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

Heliana Dundarova; Maria Orlova; Nikolay Anisimov; Svetlana Baskakova; Georgiy Shakula; Fedor Shakula; Stepan Shakula; Kudaibergen Amirekul

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5222.5.3

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

Zootaxa. 2022 Dec 22;5222(5):443-456. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.5.3.

Authors

Heliana Dundarova¹, Maria Orlova², Nikolay Anisimov³, Svetlana Baskakova⁴, Georgiy Shakula⁵, Fedor Shakula⁵, Stepan Shakula⁵, Kudaibergen Amirekul⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria . [email protected].
² 2Tyumen State Medical University, Odesskaya str. 54, Tyumen, 625023 Russia. . [email protected].
³ 4Tyumen State University, Volodarskogo str. 6, Tyumen, 625003 Russia. . [email protected].
⁴ Wild Nature NGO, Taldybulak St. 14, Zhabagly, 161310 Kazakhstan. [email protected].
⁵ 5Wild Nature NGO, Taldybulak St. 14, Zhabagly, 161310 Kazakhstan. [email protected].

PMID: 37044512
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.5.3

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Acari*
Animals
Chiroptera*
Female
Kazakhstan
Male
Mites*