Steatonyssus occidentalis (Ewing, 1933)

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 : 552

Steatonyssus occidentalis (Ewing, 1933)

Ceratonyssus occidentalis Ewing, 1933: 10 .

Steatonyssus occidentalis .— Radford, 1942: 65; Fonseca, 1948: 319; Radovsky & Furman, 1963: 272; Yunker & Radovsky, 1966: 96; Miller et al., 1973: 609; Whitaker & Easterla, 1975: 246; Saunders, 1975: 88; Rybin, 1983: 359; Whitaker & Maser, 1985: 73; Rybin et al., 1989: 425; Durden et al., 1992: 507; Ritzi et al., 2001: tabl.; Rupp et al., 2004: 189.

Steatonyssus (S.) occidentalis .— Till & Evans, 1964: 559; Radovsky, 1966: 94; 1967: 206; 2010: 101; Pereira Lorenzo & Quinteiro Alonso, 1993: 19.

Type locality: Adel , Oregon ( USA) (Ewing, 1933) .

Type host: “Common brown bat” (Ewing, 1933).

Material. 14 FF (including 2 with intrauterine egg), 2 MM, 24 N1 ex Eptesicus serotinus from biological station “Venevitinovo”, 20 June 2019, leg. I. V. Budaeva.

Distribution in Russian Federation: Voronezh Province (present paper), Volgograd Province ( Stanyukovich, 1997), Stavropol Region ( Stanyukovich, 1997).

Distribution outside Russian Federation: Europe ( Micherdzinski, 1980). Asia ( Rybin 1983; Stanyukovich, 1997).

Hosts. Eptesicus serotinus ( Stanyukovich, 1997; present paper), Myotis mystacinus ( Stanyukovich, 1997) , M. daubentonii ( Haitlinger & Walter, 1997) , M. blythii ( Stanyukovich, 1997) , Pipistrellus pipistrellus (as Vespertilio pipistrellus — Rybin, 1983), Plecotus auritus ( Haitlinger & Walter, 1997) , Pl. austriacus ( Haitlinger & Walter, 1997) , Nyctalus noctula ( Haitlinger & Walter, 1997) .