Ischnopsyllus, Westwood, 1833

Orlova, M. V. & Orlov, O. L., 2015, Attempt To Define The Complexes Of Bat Ectoparasites In The Boreal Palaearctic Region, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (1), pp. 75-86 : 82

Ischnopsyllus (H.) hexactenus (Kolenati, 1856)

Trans-species widely distributed in Europe ( Haitlinger, Ruprecht, 1992; Rupp et al., 2004). In Russia, the findings known in the Urals, Siberia and the Far East ( Medvedev et al., 1991). The main host I. hexactenus is the brown long-eared bat, but finds (both in Russia and abroad) are made on several species of bats, including the grey long-eared bat Plecotus austriacus Fischer, 1829 , many species of genus Myotis (Brandt’s bat, eastern water bat, Ikonnikov’s bat) ( Medvedev, Masing, 1987; Rupp et al., 2004; Orlova, 2011).