Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex
on bats in Europe

J 2014

Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex on bats in Europe

BALVÍN, Ondřej, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Nikolay SIMOV, Milan PAUNOVIC, Jitka VILÍMOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex on bats in Europe

Authors

BALVÍN, Ondřej (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Nikolay SIMOV (100 Bulgaria), Milan PAUNOVIC (688 Serbia) and Jitka VILÍMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Folia Zoologica, Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2014, 0139-7893

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.724

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00082631

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000350390000007

Keywords in English

biogeography faunistics ectoparasites ecology host-parasite relationship

Abstract

V originále

The species of the genus Cimex (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) are important ectoparasites of European bats. Unlike other ectoparasites, they are attached to the body of their host only when they need to feed, otherwise they stay in refugia in bat roosts. Consequently, they are often overlooked by bat specialists and in many countries they are either unknown or poorly characterized. This study reports results from thorough investigations of bat roosts of diverse bat species in a Northwest-Southeast transect across Europe: Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria. The distribution of Cimex lectularius follows the synanthropic habitats of its principal hosts, Myotis myotis and M. emarginatus, both Mediterranean elements of the European fauna. The climate in natural roosts (i.e. caves) inhabited by these bats in southern areas appears to restrain the presence of cimicids. In central Europe, C. pipistrelli parasitizes, beside M. myotis, many crevice-dwelling bat species indigenous to the boreal zone. However, in southern Europe, it appears only in connection with Nyctalus noctula. C. lectularius was confirmed for five host bat species and newly recorded for Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, C. pipistrelli was confirmed for seven bat species and newly recorded for Myotis nattereri. The first record of C. emarginatus outside of its type locality and Myotis alcathoe as a new host are reported. The host preferences of the species of the genus Cimex are discussed.

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

BALVÍN, Ondřej, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Nikolay SIMOV, Milan PAUNOVIC and Jitka VILÍMOVÁ. Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex on bats in Europe. Folia Zoologica. Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2014, vol. 63, No 4, p. 281-289. ISSN 0139-7893.

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BALVÍN, Ondřej, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Nikolay SIMOV, Milan PAUNOVIC and Jitka VILÍMOVÁ. Distribution and host relations of species of the genus Cimex on bats in Europe. \textit{Folia Zoologica}. Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2014, vol.~63, No~4, p.~281-289. ISSN~0139-7893.

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