"New geographical and host record of bat ectoparasite Steatonyssus (Steatonyssus) afer Radovsky and Yunker, 1963 (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Macronyssidae)" was published today in Acarologia, which I coauthored with Maria Orlova, Will Reeves, Elena Gratton, Mallory Davies, and Nikolay Anisimov. We report the first collections of S. afer from Namibia, expanding the range of the ectoparasite to a new country and further south than it has ever been documented before. These bat mites were discovered on a new host family (Cistugidae) and new host species—the Angolan wing-gland bat, Cistugo seabrae. Mites were collected January and March of 2017 from bats captured over waterholes in the Sesfontein Conservancy. Feel free to email me if you need assistance accessing the paper. Abstract: Steatonyssus afer is recorded for the first time from Namibia and for the first time from Cistugo seabrae (Chiroptera: Cistugidae). Our finding is the southernmost locality for S. afer, expanding the geographical distribution range of this ectoparasite. We give diagnostic illustrations and measurements of the species.
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