@article {3417, title = {Spinturnicid mites from some Nigerian bats (Acarina, Spinturnicidae)}, journal = {Bull. zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam}, volume = {7}, number = {7}, year = {1980}, note = {See Bergmans 1977}, month = {1980}, pages = {65-72}, abstract = {Five species of mites belonging to 3 genera of the family Spinturnicidae are reported from 6 spp. of bats (Eidolon helvum helvum, Micropteropus pusillus, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Myotis bocagei cupreolus, Scotophilus nigrita and S. dinganii) in Nigeria. The species are Meristaspis kenyaensis (Radford), Ancystropus aethiopicus Hirst, Spinturnix walkerae Zumpt \& Till, S. scotophili repens ssp. nov. and S. intectus sp. nov. Male and female specimens of the 2 new taxa are fully described and figured. Zoogeographical and taxonomic implications are discussed.}, keywords = {Acari, Ancystropus aethiopicus, Arachnida, Artenzahl, Chiroptera, ectoparasites, Eidolon helvum, Faunistik, Flederm{\"a}use, Hypsignathus monstrosus, Mammalia, Meristaspis kenyaensis, Micropteropus pusillus, morphology, Myotis bocagii cupreola, Nigeria, parasitism, Pteropodidae, Scotophilus dinganii, Scotophilus nigrita, species description, Spinturnicidae, Spinturnix intectus sp. nov., Spinturnix scotophili repens ssp. nov., Spinturnix walkerae, systematics, taxonomy, Vespertilionidae, West Africa}, author = {Dusb{\'a}bek, F. and Bergmans, W.} }