Spinturnix acuminata (Koch, 1836)

Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján & Ciechanowski, Mateusz, 2014, Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation, Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44), pp. 2661-2674 : 2666-2667

Spinturnix acuminata (Koch, 1836)

Records: Nikgjonaj, 8 September 2012, 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ from N. noctula .

Female measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 1237–1249 long, 852–861 wide; dorsal shield 820–825 long, 493–501 wide; sternal shield 138–158 long, 139–163 wide.

The species parasitizes mainly N. noctula , but was also recorded on Pipistrellus pipistrellus , P. nathusii , H. savii , N. lasiopterus , N. leisleri , E. serotinus , M. daubetonii , M. dasycneme (Boie, 1825) , M. myotis , M. oxygnathus and Murina leucogaster Milne-Edwards, 1872 , as well as on a bat of the genus Scotophilus

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Figure 1. Scatter plot of PC1 and PC 2 in males: + E. e. euryalis ; □ S. acuminata ; ▀ S. emarginata ; × S. helvetiae ; ○ S. kolenatii ; ◊ S. myoti ; + S. mystacina ; Δ S. nobleti ; ○ S. plecotina ; ▽ S. psi .

( Rudnick 1960; Stanyukovich 1997). The species is distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions ( Rudnick 1960; Uchikawa and Wada 1979; Haitlinger and Walter 1997). We found only five mites (prevalence 33.3%, mean intensity 2.5, relative density 0.8) on N. noctula .