MITES OF THE FAMILY MYOBIIDAE (ACARIFORMES) — ECTOPARASITES OF BATS OF ARMENIA

About authors:

H. V. Dubinina, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Bochkov A. V. , Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

J.G. Javrujan, Armenian State University, Biological Faculty, Erevan, Armenia

Annotation:

Bats of the families Vespertilionidae and Rhinolophidae (5 genera, 10 species, 209 specimens) of Armenia were examined . Eight mite species of the family Myobiidae new for Armenia were found on these bats. The difference in localization of different stages of Myobiidae on the host's body was observed for the first time.

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