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The most complete data on the peculiarities of seasonal biology of gamasid mites of the genus Spinturnix, which are ectoparasites of bats of the boreal zone of the Old World, are presented. Data on the dynamics of the sex and age structure of superpopulations of parasites throughout the year are presented; the infestation of various bat species is analyzed, and the factors affecting it are discussed. The main differences between the life cycles of the boreal and subboreal Spinturnicidae mites were revealed.
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Original Russian Text © M.V. Orlova, O.L. Orlov, D.V. Kazakov, A.V. Zhigalin, 2018, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2018, No. 4.
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Orlova, M.V., Orlov, O.L., Kazakov, D.V. et al. Peculiarities of the Seasonal Biology of Ectoparasites of the Genus Spinturnix von Heyden, 1826 (Mesostigmata: Gamasina: Spinturnicidae) in the Boreal Zone of the Palearctic Region. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 45, 359–367 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359018040118
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