BED BUGS (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: CIMICIDAE) PARASITING ON BATS(CHIROPTERA: VESPERTILIONIDAE) IN BELARUS

Authors

  • А. I. Larchanka Scientific-practical Сentre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Resources, 27 Akademicheskaya Str., 220072 Minsk, the Republic of Belarus Автор
  • A. O. Lukashuk State Environmental Institution “Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve”, 3 Tsentralnaya Str., 211188 v. Domzheritsy, Lepel distr., Vitebsk reg., the Republic of Belarus Автор

Keywords:

fauna; ectoparasites; Heteroptera; Cimicidae; bed bugs; bats; Vespertilionidae; Belarus

Abstract

During the investigating the data obtained in 2019—2020, two species of bed bugs (Cimicidae) parasitizing on bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Pipistrellus nathusii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839), Pipistrellus pygmaeus
(Leach, 1825), Myotis dasicneme (Boie, 1825), Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817), Nyctalis noctula (Schreber, 1774) were identified in the Republic of Belarus: Cimex dissimilis (Horváth, 1910) and Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758. In total, 4 species of this family were recorded in Belarus. Both species of bed bugs are indicated for the first time on the territory of the Narochansky National Park. New data about distribution in the southern and the central parts of Belarus, ecology (habitats, hosts, seasonal activity) and biology of these species of hemiptera insects are presented
in this paper.

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2021-09-01

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БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ Общая биология