Ornithonyssus pipistrelli ( Oudemans, 1904 )

Mašán, Peter, Fenďa, Peter, Krištofík, Ján & Halliday, Bruce, 2014, A review of the ectoparasitic mites (Acari: Dermanyssoidea) associated with birds and their nests in Slovakia, with notes on identification of some species, Zootaxa 3893 (1), pp. 77-100 : 85-86

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scientific name	Ornithonyssus pipistrelli ( Oudemans, 1904 )
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Ornithonyssus pipistrelli ( Oudemans, 1904) View in CoL

Liponyssus musculi .— Oudemans, 1902: 17. Misidentification.

Liponyssus pipistrelli Oudemans, 1904: 111 View in CoL . New name for Liponyssus musculi (C. L. Koch, 1836) sensu Oudemans (1902) .

Ornithonyssus pavlovskii Lange, 1959: 484 View in CoL . Synonymy by Micherdziński (1980).

Ornithonyssus pavlovskii View in CoL .— Zemskaya, 1966: 50.

Ornithonyssus pipistrelli View in CoL .— Evans & Till, 1966: 326; Micherdziński, 1980: 104.

Liponyssus pipistrelli View in CoL .— Radovsky, 1967: 209.

Cryptonyssus pipistrelli View in CoL .— Radovsky, 1969: 462; 2010: 93.

Occurrence and habitat. Although Ornithonyssus pipistrelli has been widely reported from a variety of vespertilionid bats ( Stanyukovich 1997; Baker & Craven 2003), no Slovak specimens were found in association with these hosts (see host distribution). It has been collected at altitudes between 113 and 760 m a.s.l.

Host distribution. Bird nests: Columba livia f. domestica ( Fenďa & Kicková 2009), Emberiza citrinella , Nannus troglodytes , Parus sp., Passer montanus ( Krumpál et al. 2001, Švaňa et al. 2006, Fenďa et al. 2011), Sitta europaea ( Fenďa & Mašán 2003) , Turdus sp. Combined nests: Cyanistes caeruleus and Muscardinus avellanarius , Parus sp. and Apodemus flavicollis . Mammal nests: Canis familiaris , Glis glis ( Mašán & Krištofík 1996) , Micromys minutus , Muscardinus avellanarius .

New data. Branisko Mts.: 9 ♀♀, 21 June 1989, Bijacovce Village, Branisko Mountain Pass, Muscardinus avellanarius . Košická Kotlina Basin: 44 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂, 1 N, 22 October 1987, Moldava Nad Bodvou Village, Paňovský Les Forest, Cyanistes caeruleus + Muscardinus avellanarius ; 3 ♀♀, 22 October 1987, Moldava Nad Bodvou Village, Paňovský Les Forest, Parus sp. + Apodemus flavicollis ; 1 ♀, 12 NN, 22 October 1987, Moldava Nad Bodvou Village, Paňovský les Forest, Muscardinus avellanarius . Malé Karpaty Mts.: 1 N, 10 February 1986, Bratislava Capital, Vajnorská Dolina Valley , Turdus sp.; 1 ♀, 1 N, 28 July 1992, Bratislava Capital, Železná Studnička Forest , Nannus troglodytes . Podunajská Rovina Lowland: 1 N, 17 May 1987, Sap Village, Erced Forest, Emberiza citrinella ; 1 ♀, 25 July 1992, Svätý Jur Village, Šúr Nature Reserve, Micromys minutus . Veľká Fatra Mts.: 2 ♀♀, 1 N, 24 May 1985, Stankovany Village, Aves sp.; 2 NN, 22 June 1989, Stankovany Village, Parus sp.; 1 N, 22 June 1989, Stankovany Village, Canis familiaris .