DESCRIPTION OF MALES OF TWO MACRONYSSID MITE SPECIES (MESOSTIGMATA: GAMASINA: MACRONYSSIDAE) PARASITIZING THE SIBERIAN TUBE-NOSE BAT MURINA HILGENDORFI (CHIROPTERA: VESPERTILIONIDAE)

About authors:

Orlova M.V., Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Denis V. Kazakov,

X-BIO Institute, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russia

Annotation:

Descriptions of males of two parasitic mite species (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Macronyssidae) from the Siberian tube-nose bat Murina hilgendorfi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), along with a key to males of the genus Macronyssus in the Palaearctic Region are presented.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2017-25-2-165-170

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