Gamasine mite (Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) infestations of bats (Mammalia,Chiroptera) in Turkey
The present study was conducted on bats from different locations in Turkey.Of 33 bats, belonging to 10 species, 10 individuals (30.3%) of four species were infected withgamasine mites. Fifty-three mites belonging to 2 families (Spinturnicidae and Macronyssidae) werecollected. The spinturnicid Spinturnix myoti (Kolenati) was the most abundant species (27 specimens)and only recorded n Myotis nattereri (Kuhl). The species Steatonyssus periblepharus (Kolenati) andthe genera Steatonyssus, Macronyssus and Ancystropus are reported from Turkey for the first time,while new host and distributional data are presented.
Cicek, H　Stanyukovich, MK　Yagci, S　Aktas, M　Karaer, Z
Afyon Kocatepe Univ, Dept Parasitol, TR-03200 Afyon, Turkey; Russian AcadSci, Inst Zool, St Petersburg 199034, Russia; Ankara Univ, Dept Parasitol, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey;Gazi Univ, Art and Sci Fac, Dept Biol, TR-06510 Ankara, Turkey
Gamasine　 mites　 Chiroptera host-parasite relationship Turkey
