Spinturnix faini Benoit 1959
Spinturnix faini Benoit, 1959 Spinturnix faini Benoit, 1959: 25. (Figs 2A–B) Material: 1 female, ex female Miniopterus cf. arenarius, from Ethiopia, Zone of the Southern Nations, eastern shore of the lake Chamo, 05°47'N, 37°36'E, 1100 m asl, 23 April 2011, leg. Denis A. Vasenkov & Leonid A. Lavrenchenko (collection ID ZMMU S-189353). Distribution: DR Congo (as Belgian Congo – Benoit 1959), Ethiopia (this study, new record). Host species: Family Vespertilionidae: Pseudoromicia rendalli (Benoit 1959). Family Miniopteridae: Miniopterus cf. arenarius (this study, new record). Non-chiropteran host: Unknown. Medical significance: Unknown. Notes: This is only the second published record of this species (Beron 2020).
Institutions
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Australian National Insect Collection (AU)
- Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (RU)
- Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (RU)
- Tyumen State Medical University (RU)
- Ekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14653574
- Primary Topic
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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