Click
here to close Hello! We notice that
you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Echinobase
and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a
current version of Chrome,
FireFox,
or Safari.
Parasite
2020 Jan 01;27:61. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020051.
Show Gene links
Show Anatomy links
Bat parasites (Acari, Anoplura, Cestoda, Diptera, Hemiptera, Nematoda, Siphonaptera, Trematoda) in France (1762-2018): a literature review and contribution to a checklist.
Léger C
.
???displayArticle.abstract???
This paper is a bibliographical survey of records of bat parasites in France (including Corsica) between 1762 and 2018. In total, 237 scientific publications were analysed. They show that bats are infected with a large diversity of endoparasites and ectoparasites. A total of 113 parasite taxa were identified from 27 host species; in addition, six bats were not identified to the species-level. The helminth fauna of bats comprises three species of Cestoda, 15 of Trematoda, and 13 of Nematoda. Acari parasites include 53 species (in addition to 22 invalid species). Finally, insect parasites comprise 13 species of Diptera (bat flies), 12 of Siphonaptera (fleas), 3 of Hemiptera (bugs), and 1 Anoplura species. Bat taxa reported with parasites were Barbastella barbastellus, Eptesicus serotinus, Hypsugo savii, Miniopterus schreibersii, Myotis bechsteinii, M. blythii, M. capaccinii, M. dasycneme, M. daubentonii, M. emarginatus, M. myotis, M. mystacinus, M. nattereri, M. punicus, Nyctalus lasiopterus, N. leisleri, N. noctula, Pipistrellus kuhlii, P. nathusii, P. pipistrellus, Plecotus auritus, P. austriacus, Rhinolophus euryale, R. ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, R. mehelyi, Tadarida teniotis, Eptesicus sp., Myotis sp., Pipistrellus sp., Plecotus sp., Rhinolophus sp. and the species complex Pipistrellus pipistrellus/kuhlii/nathusii. As regards E. nilssonii, Vespertilio murinus (Particoloured Bat), M. alcathoe, M. escalerai, P. macrobullaris and P. pygmaeus, no records were found. These published field data originated from 72 of the 96 departments in metropolitan France. The most commonly cited were Ardèche, Ariège, Bouches-du-Rhône, Haute-Savoie, Maine-et-Loire, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Pyrénées-Orientales, Sarthe, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
Figure 1. Number of studies (n = 237) that include bat parasites observed in France since 1760, by decade.
Figure 2. Overview of the 113 generally recognised parasite taxa that are mentioned in the analysed papers (n = 237) per host taxonomic group. Invalid species (n = 22 Acari and 3 Diptera) recorded in the literature, records reported from France without identification to species level (n = 6 Acari; 1 Cestoda; 2 Diptera; 1 Hemiptera; 2 Nematoda and 2 Trematoda) and species only noted as absent (n = 3 Acari and 1 Diptera) are not included here.
Figure 3. Number of recognised species of Acari (n = 53), per host order (n = 4) and genus (n = 23). Invalid species (n = 22 Acari) recorded in the literature (n = 237 papers) and species only noted as absent (n = 3 Acari) are not included here.
Figure 4. Histogram showing the number of studies (n = 237) per host taxon (n = 34; species: 27; complex: 1; genera: 6) during the period 1762–2018.
Figure 5. Study area and the number of publications that include data on parasites of bats in each French administrative region (department).
ARTHUR,
The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).
1956, Pubmed
ARTHUR,
The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).
1956,
Pubmed
BIOCCA,
[Redescription of Seuratum mucronatum (Rud. 1809) (Nematoda-Cucullanidae)].
1951,
Pubmed
Bain,
[Description of Riouxgolvania rhinolophi n.g., n.sp., nematode parasite of Rhinolophus, showing the relation between Muspiceoidea and Mermithoidea].
1968,
Pubmed
Bain,
[Muspiceidae (Nematoda-Dorylaimina)].
1979,
Pubmed
Beaucournu,
[On some palearctic Ixodoidea (Acarina) infesting micro-Chiroptera].
1966,
Pubmed
Beaucournu,
[A Nycteribid (Diptera, Pupipara) new to the French fauna: presence of Basilia mediterranea Hůrka, 1970 in Corsica].
1985,
Pubmed
Beaucournu,
[Notes on the specificity, localization and chorology of Anoplura and various others ectoparasitic insects of micromammals in France].
1968,
Pubmed
Bruyndonckx,
Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae).
2009,
Pubmed
Bruyndonckx,
Mites as biological tags of their hosts.
2010,
Pubmed
Caspeta-Mandujano,
Pterygodermatites (Pterygodermatites) mexicana n. sp. (Nematoda: Rictulariidae), a parasite of Balantiopteryx plicata (Chiroptera) in Mexico.
2013,
Pubmed
Combes,
[Eco-parasitologic research on helminths of chiroptera of the East Pyrenees].
1970,
Pubmed
Deunff,
[Observations with scanning on the family Spinturnicidae (Acarina, Mesostigmata). II--Ultrastructure of the tarsal organ].
1982,
Pubmed
Deunff,
[Phenology and variations of dermecos in some species of Spinturnicidae (Acarina, Mesostigmata) (author's transl)].
1981,
Pubmed
Deunff,
Description of a cryptic species, Spinturnix bechsteini n. sp. (Acari, Mesostigmata, Spinturnicidae), parasite of Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) by using ecoethology of host bats and statistical methods.
2004,
Pubmed
Durette-Desset,
[Trichostrongyloidea nematodes, parasites of Microchiroptera].
1975,
Pubmed
Fain,
[Listrophorids in Africa south of the Sahara (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). II. Families: Listrophoridae and Chirodiscidae].
1971,
Pubmed
Frank,
Parasite diversity of European Myotis species with special emphasis on Myotis myotis (Microchiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from a typical nursery roost.
2015,
Pubmed
Haelewaters,
Parasites of parasites of bats: Laboulbeniales (Fungi: Ascomycota) on bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in central Europe.
2017,
Pubmed
Haitlinger,
First record of Spinturnix bechsteini (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Poland with remarks on the diagnostic value of some characters.
2012,
Pubmed
Hornok,
High degree of mitochondrial gene heterogeneity in the bat tick species Ixodes vespertilionis, I. ariadnae and I. simplex from Eurasia.
2015,
Pubmed
LAMONTELLERIE,
[TICKS (ACARINA, IXODOIDEA) OF SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE].
1965,
Pubmed
Lord,
Gastrointestinal helminths of pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus/Pipistrellus pygmaeus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) of England.
2012,
Pubmed
Lutz,
Parasite prevalence corresponds to host life history in a diverse assemblage of afrotropical birds and haemosporidian parasites.
2015,
Pubmed
Prasad,
Bat mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) mainly from South-East Asia and the Pacific region.
1969,
Pubmed
Rageau,
[Geographical distribution and pathogenic role of ticks (Acaridae: Argasidae and Ixodidae) in France].
1972,
Pubmed
Roy,
Historical review of the genus Dermanyssus Dugès, 1834 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae).
2007,
Pubmed
Sachanowicz,
Spinturnix dasycnemi (Acari: Spinturnicidae) – a poorly known Palaearctic bat mite: first records in Poland and morphometric separation from two other species of the myoti group.
2017,
Pubmed
Simões,
First record of Pterygodermatites (Pterygodermatites) (Nematoda: Rictulariidae) in South America, with the description of a new species from the Atlantic Forest, southeast Brazil.
2019,
Pubmed
Stefka,
Host specificity and genealogy of the louse Polyplax serrata on field mice, Apodemus species: a case of parasite duplication or colonisation?
2008,
Pubmed
Szentiványi,
Checklist of host associations of European bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae, Streblidae).
2016,
Pubmed
Szentiványi,
Bat Flies and Their Microparasites: Current Knowledge and Distribution.
2019,
Pubmed
THEODOR,
On bat parasites in Palestine. I. Nycteribiidae, Streblidae, Hemiptera, Siphonaptera.
1954,
Pubmed
Tkach,
Scanning electron microscopy of the rare nematode species Pterygodermatites bovieri (Nematoda:Rictatuliriidae), a parasite of bats.
1996,
Pubmed
Usinger,
[On 2 species of Cimex (Insecta, Heteroptera), new in French fauna, parasitic on bats].
1967,
Pubmed
Wu,
Deciphering the bat virome catalog to better understand the ecological diversity of bat viruses and the bat origin of emerging infectious diseases.
2016,
Pubmed
van Schaik,
The effect of host social system on parasite population genetic structure: comparative population genetics of two ectoparasitic mites and their bat hosts.
2014,
Pubmed
