title: Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) parasitizing bats in Poland and Slovakia.
abstract: We summarize the previously published reports and the results of our own research about distribution of ticks parasitizing bats in Poland and Slovakia. Five species of ticks infesting bats were recorded: Carios vespertilionis, Ixodes (E.) vespertilionis, I. (P.) simplex, I. (I.) ricinus and I. (Ex.) trianguliceps. Two last species were observed only on bats in Poland. C. vespertilionis, I. vespertilionis and I. simplex are specific parasites of bats. C. vespertilionis was recorded on 37 sites in Poland and 7 in Slovakia. Fourteen species of bats in Poland and 5 in Slovakia were parasitized by this species. I. vespertilionis was collected from 6 bat species both in Poland and Slovakia respectively on 22 and 11 sites, respectively. The remaining species have been reported very rarely.
authors: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Pedagogical University of Cracow, Podbrzezie 3, 31-054 Kraków. siuda@ap.krakow.pl
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Siuda
authors: Michal
authors: M
authors: Stanko
authors: Krzysztof
authors: K
authors: Piksa
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Górz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D018884:Ixodes / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D011044:Poland; D018154:Slovakia; D013045:Species Specificity