title: First record of Spinturnix bechsteini (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Poland with remarks on the diagnostic value of some characters.
abstract: Spinturnix bechsteini Deunff et al., 2004 (Acari: Spinturnicidae) associated with Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) is reported for the first time from Poland. The usefulness of some morphological features for differentiating S. bechsteini from other spinturnicid mites belonging to the myoti group was studied. The mite fauna occurring on M. bechsteinii, the only host of S. bechsteini, are very poorly known. In Poland only five species have been found.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 5B Kozuchowska Str., 51-631 Wrocław, Poland. ryszard.haitlinger@up.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Ryszard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haitlinger
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piksa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D059552:Caves / Q000469:parasitology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D051379:Mice / Q000469:parasitology*; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D011044:Poland; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity