Description of a Cryptic Species, Spinturnix bechsteini n. sp. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), Parasite of Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) by Using Ecoethology of Host Bats and Statistical Methods

Jean Deunff; Gottfried Walter; Alain Bellido; Marianne Volleth

doi:10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.826

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1 September 2004 Description of a Cryptic Species, Spinturnix bechsteini n. sp. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), Parasite of Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) by Using Ecoethology of Host Bats and Statistical Methods

Jean Deunff, Gottfried Walter, Alain Bellido, Marianne Volleth

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J. of Medical Entomology, 41(5):826-832 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.826

Abstract

Using ecoethology of bats and statistical methods, we anticipate the evidence of specific species of spinturnicids associated with Myotis myotis and Myotis bechsteinii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) mixed colonies are unknown. Traditional description of this new crpytic species Spinturnix bechsteini, parasite of M. bechsteinii, is done. Statistical approach is based on analysis of variance and principal component analysis. The current knowledge on parasites of the genus Myotis in the West Palearctic subregion is presented.

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Jean Deunff, Gottfried Walter, Alain Bellido, and Marianne Volleth "Description of a Cryptic Species, Spinturnix bechsteini n. sp. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), Parasite of Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) by Using Ecoethology of Host Bats and Statistical Methods," Journal of Medical Entomology 41(5), 826-832, (1 September 2004). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.826

Received: 22 October 2002; Accepted: 1 March 2004; Published: 1 September 2004

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