The first finding of the snake mite Ophionyssus natricis (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) in Kazakhstan
Here we report the ectoparasitic snake mite Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) collected from the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768) (Reptilia: Colubridae), in Mangystau, Kazakhstan. This is the first record of O. natricis for the country. We also consider some morphological features of the snake mite in the study area.
Authors
- К. М. Ахмеденов (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-0913)
- Maria V. Orlova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-4364)
- Evgeniy Simonov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0194-4487)
- Anastasia Klenina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-3866)
- Nikolay V. Anisimov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1573-3373)
Institutions
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Mahambet Otemiusly West Kazakhstan University (KZ)
- Samara Federal Research Scientific Center (RU)
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (RU)
- Tyumen State Medical University (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acarologia
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.24349/cgbc-bond
- Primary Topic
- Study of Mite Species
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00