Macronyssus ellipticus ( Kolenati, 1856 )

Orlova, M. V., Klimov, P. B., Orlov, O. L., Smirnov, D. G., Zhigalin, A. V., Budaeva, I. V., Emelyanova, A. A. & Anisimov, N. V., 2021, A checklist of bat-associated macronyssid mites (Acari: Gamasina: Macronyssidae) of Russia, with new host and geographical records, Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 537-564 : 546

Macronyssus ellipticus ( Kolenati, 1856)

Caris ellipticus Kolenati, 1856: 16 .

Liponyssus ellipticus .— Hirst, 1922: 795.

Ichoronyssus mohrae Vitzthum, 1932: 32 (synonymy by Radovsky, 1966).

Ichoronyssus ellipticus .— Pinchuk, 1970: 82.

Macronyssus ellipticus .—Fonseca, 1941: 263; Radovsky, 1966: 94; 1967: 128; Beron, 1968: 159; Haitlinger, 1978: 707; Haitlinger & Ruprecht, 1985: 616; Baker & Beccaloni, 2006: 173; Scheffler, 2010; Radovsky, 2010: 56.

Type locality: unknown.

Type host: Myotis myotis ( Kolenati, 1856) .

Material. F, 4 N1 ex Natterer’s bat Myotis nattereri , from Staritsa, 29 February 2020, leg. O.L. Orlov, A.A. Emelyanova; 9 N1 ex Myotis nattereri , N1 ex Myotis mystacinus , 3 N1 ex Myotis brandtii , from Samara, 25 November 2001, leg. D.G. Smirnov; N1 ex M. brandtii , M ex Plecotus auritus , 5 N1 ex M. daubentonii , 4 N1 ex M. dasycneme , from SNR “Samarskaya Luka”, 1-31 May 2005 leg. D.G. Smirnov.

Distribution in Russian Federation: Leningrad Province ( Stanyukovich, 1990a; Orlova et al., 2015d), Tver Province (present paper), Samara Province (present paper), Northern Osetiya Republic ( Stanyukovich, 1997), Sverdlovsk Province (Orlova, 2011), Chelyabinsk Province ( Orlova & Orlov, 2013), Altai Region ( Orlova et al., 2017a), Primorskiy Region ( Tiunov et al., 2021), [Far East] ( Stanyukovich, 1997), [Urals, Altai] ( Orlova et al., 2015d).

Distribution outside Russian Federation: Europe ( Radovsky, 1967), Central Asia ( Stanyukovich, 1997).

Hosts. Myotis myotis ( Radovsky, 1967) , M. blythii ( Radovsky, 1967) , M. brandtii (Orlova, 2011) , M. dasycneme ( Stanyukovich, 1990a) , M. daubentonii ( Stanyukovich, 1990a) , M. nattereri ( Stanyukovich, 1997; present paper), M. brandtii ( Stanyukovich, 1990a) , M. macrodactylus (present paper), M. mystacinus ( Orlova & Orlov, 2013) , Vespertilio murinus ( Beron, 2014) , Plecotus auritus ( Orlova & Orlov, 2013) , Murina hilgendorfi (as M. leucogaster — Stanyukovich, 1997), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum ( Radovsky, 1967) , Rh. hipposideros ( Radovsky, 1967) , Miniopterus schreibersi ( Beron, 2014) .