Description of a cryptic species, Spinturnix bechsteini n. sp. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), parasite of Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) by using ecoethology of host bats and statistical methods

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 826-832

  Deunff, Jean ^a   Walter, Gottfried ^b   Bellido, Alain ^a   Volleth, Marianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b IBL Umweltplanung   (Germany)

^c Paimpont Biological Station ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Ecoethology; Myotis bechsteinii; Principal components analysis; Spinturnix bechsteini

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CHIROPTERA; MESOSTIGMATA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; MYOTIS BECHSTEINII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; SPINTURNICIDAE; SPINTURNIX; SPINTURNIX BECHSTEINI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 6444235911     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.826     Document Type: Article

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