title: 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.
abstract: Using ecoethology of bats and statistical methods, we anticipate the evidence of specific species of spinturnicids associated with Myotis myotis and Myotis bechsteinii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) mixed colonies are unknown. Traditional description of this new crpytic species Spinturnix bechsteini, parasite of M. bechsteinii, is done. Statistical approach is based on analysis of variance and principal component analysis. The current knowledge on parasites of the genus Myotis in the West Palearctic subregion is presented.
authors.affiliation: UMR 6553 CNRS, Laboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, avenue Pr. Leon Bernard, 35043, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deunff
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellido
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volleth
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics