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Stricticimex Ferris & Usinger, 1957 (Heteroptera: Cimicidae): first record of this genus in Europe

by Juan Quetglas and Antonio Jesús Reina-Muñoz

Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d`Historia Natural, 2024

Seasonal Variation in Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values of Bats Reflect Environmental Baselines

PLOS ONE, Feb 20, 2015

The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wi... more The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wildlife diets and analyze food chains. Changes in an animal's isotopic values over time are generally assumed to indicate diet shifts or, less frequently, physiological changes. Although plant isotopic values are known to correlate with climatic seasonality, only a few studies restricted to aquatic environments have investigated whether temporal isotopic variation in consumers may also reflect environmental baselines through trophic propagation. We modeled the monthly variation in carbon and nitrogen isotope values in whole blood of four insectivorous bat species occupying different foraging niches in southern Spain. We found a common pattern of isotopic variation independent of feeding habits, with an overall change as large as or larger than one trophic step. Physiological changes related to reproduction or to fat deposition prior to hibernation had no effect on isotopic variation, but juvenile bats had higher δ 13 C and δ 15 N values than adults. Aridity was the factor that best explained isotopic variation: bat blood became enriched in both 13 C and 15 N after hotter and/or drier periods. Our study is the first to show that consumers in terrestrial ecosystems reflect seasonal environmental dynamics in their isotope values. We highlight the danger of misinterpreting stable isotope data when not accounting for seasonal isotopic baselines in food web studies. Understanding how environmental seasonality is integrated in animals' isotope values will be crucial for developing reliable methods to use stable isotopes as dietary tracers.

Contribution to the fauna of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing bats in Spain

Acarologia

Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. ... more Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. Leptotrombidium europaeum (Daniel and Brelih, 1959) and Ascoschoengastia latyshevi (Schluger, 1955) has been recorded for the first time on bats; Leptotrombidium russicum (Oudemans, 1902), A. latyshevi and Willmannium cavus moldaviensis Kudryashova, 1992 have been recorded for the first time from Spain. The latter record represents also the first finding of the genus Willmannium Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976 in Western Europe.

First captures of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1832) (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

In April 1999 a female of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1883) was captured on Nyctalus la... more In April 1999 a female of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1883) was captured on Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Seville, Spain. In July 2000 another female was captured on the same bat species at Doñana National Park, Almonte (Huelva, Spain). These are the first records for the Iberian Peninsula, the first records for this host species and the most south-western records for this flea.

Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Jul 1, 2021

Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal (1985) clas... more Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal (1985) classification scheme, even though it does not reflect evolutionary relationships and results in paraphyly for the main genera of soft ticks (Argasidae), namely Argas and Ornithodoros. The alternative classification scheme, proposed by Klompen and Oliver (1993), has problems of its own: most notably paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella and the controversial grouping together of the subgenera Alectorobius, Antricola, Carios, Chiropterargas, Nothoaspis, Parantricola, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus into the genus Carios. Recent phylogenetic analyses of 18S/28S rRNA sequences and mitochondrial genomes agree with the scheme of Klompen and Oliver (1993), with regard to the paraphyly of Pavlovskyella, placement of Alveonasus, Ogadenus, Proknekalia and Secretargas in the Argasinae and placement of Carios and Chiropterargas in the Ornithodorinae (Mans et al., 2019). The Carios clade and its constituent subgenera remain controversial, since the phylogenetic position of its type species Carios (Carios) vespertilionis Latreille, 1796 (formerly Argas vespertilionis) has not been determined with confidence. The current study aimed to resolve Carios sensu lato Klompen and Oliver, 1993, and Carios sensu stricto Hoogstraal, 1985, by determining and analysing phylogenetic nuclear and mitochondrial markers for C. (C.) vespertilionis. Both the nuclear and mitochondrial markers support placement of Carios s.s. within the subfamily Ornithodorinae, but to the exclusion of the clade that includes the 6 other subgenera that are part of Carios s.l. Klompen and Oliver (1993), namely Alectorobius, Antricola, Nothoaspis, Parantricola, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus. These 6 subgenera form a monophyletic clade that might be placed as new subgenera within the genus Alectorobius, or elevated to genera. Given the substantial differences in biology among these subgenera, we propose that these 6 subgenera be elevated to genera. Thus, we propose to modify the classification scheme of Mans et al. (2019) so that the subfamily Argasinae now has six genera, Alveonasus, Argas (subgenera Argas and Persicargas), Navis, Ogadenus, Proknekalia and Secretargas, and the subfamily Ornithodorinae has nine genera, Alectorobius, Antricola (subgenera Antricola and Parantricola), Carios, Chiropterargas, Nothoaspis, Ornithodoros (subgenera Microargas, Ornamentum, Ornithodoros, Pavlovskyella and Theriodoros), Otobius, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus (genera indicated in bold).

Murciélago ratonero pardo – Myotis emarginatus (É. Geoffroy, 1806)

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

New records of bats (Chiroptera) for Minorca, Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean Sea

Mammalia, 1997

First record of Myotis emarginatus in the Balearic Islands. First records for Menorca of Myotis c... more

Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), puce nouvelle pour la péninsule Ibérique (Siphon., Ischnopsyllidae)

Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 2005

Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), a new bat flea for the Iberian Peninsula (Siphonapte... more Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), a new bat flea for the Iberian Peninsula (Siphonaptera, Ischnopsyllidae). Four genera of Ischnopsyllidae (bat fleas) are present in Europe : Ischnopsyllus, Rhinolopho-psylla, Araeopsylla and Nycteridopsylla. All but Nycteridopsylla have been recorded in Spain several times, specially Ischnopsyllus. On the other hand, only two records of this genus are available : N. longiceps (reported from Madrid in 1948) and N. ancyluris (captured in Teruel in 1977), both from Pipistrellus bats. N. pentactena (Kolenati, 1856) is here recorded from Sevilla (Spain) for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula, in March 2001 . It is also the third record for the genus. Both host, Eptesicus serotinus, and winter date are typical.

Bat-infesting chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of the Balearic Islands and new data on the genus Trisetica Traub et Evans, 1950

Folia Parasitologica, 2019

A sample of chigger mites from bat hosts collected in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean... more A sample of chigger mites from bat hosts collected in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea) is found to include two species. These are the first records of bat-infesting chiggers identified to species in Spain. Chiggers collected from Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl) in Menorca are identified as Oudemansidium komareki

Rastros y señales de murciélagos ibéricos (Chiroptera)

Galemys, 2005

... La biblio-thèque du naturaliste. Delachaux et Niestlé, Lausanne-Paris. 268 pp. BALMORI, A. (2... more

Libro rojo de los vertebrados amenazados de Andaluc��a

Murciélagos ratoneros grises – Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) / Myotis escalerai Cabrera 1904

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

The bat fHes of the Balearic Islands (Insecta: Diptera: Nycteribiidae)

The faunal composition, the distribution, and the host associations of the ectoparasitic bat flie... more

RESEARCH ARTICLE Seasonal Variation in Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values of Bats Reflect Environmental Baselines

The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wi... more The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wildlife diets and analyze food chains. Changes in an animal’s isotopic values over time are generally assumed to indicate diet shifts or, less frequently, physiological changes. Although plant isotopic values are known to correlate with climatic seasonality, only a few studies restricted to aquatic environments have investigated whether temporal isotopic varia-tion in consumers may also reflect environmental baselines through trophic propaga-tion. We modeled the monthly variation in carbon and nitrogen isotope values in whole blood of four insectivorous bat species occupying different foraging niches in southern Spain. We found a common pattern of isotopic variation independent of feeding habits, with an overall change as large as or larger than one trophic step. Physiological changes related to reproduction or to fat deposition prior to hibernation had no effect on isotopic variation, bu...

Discovery of an ebolavirus-like filovirus in europe, PLoS Pathog. 7: e1002304

Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural inf... more Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural infections in sub-Saharan Africa and the Philippines. Infections of bats with the ebolaviruses and marburgviruses do not appear to be associated with disease. Here we report identification in dead insectivorous bats of a genetically distinct filovirus, provisionally named Lloviu virus, after the site of detection, Cueva del Lloviu, in Spain.

Murciélago ratonero ibérico – Myotis escalerai Cabrera, 1904

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

Predación de culebra de herradura sobre murciélago ratonero mediano en Tarifa (Cádiz, Andalucía)

Presencia en la Península Ibérica de una pulga africana de murciélagos: Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata arabs (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) y otras nuevas citas de pulgas de murciélagos para España y Marruecos

Resumen Se presentan los resultados obtenidos del analisis de las pulgas parasitas de murcielagos... more Resumen Se presentan los resultados obtenidos del analisis de las pulgas parasitas de murcielagos (Ischnopsyllidae) recolectadas por los autores entre 1997 y 2006, y de la reexaminacion de ejemplares de museo de identificacion dudosa. Se aportan nuevas localidades en la Peninsula Iberica, islas de Menorca e Ibiza y Marruecos de las pulgas Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata unipectinata, R. u. arabs, Ischnopsyllus intermedius, I. octactenus, I. elongatus, Nycteridopsylla pentactena y Araeopsylla gestroi sobre los murcielagos Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. euryale, , Eptesicus isabellinus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, P. pipistrellus/pygmaeus, Nyctalus leisleri, N. lasiopterus, Tadarida teniotis y Plecotus sp . Destaca el hallazgo en dos localidades de Andalucia de R. u. arabs , subespecie conocida hasta ahora solo en el norte de Africa. Palabras clave: Chiroptera, ectoparasitos. Abstract We present data of bat-fleas (Ischnopsyllidae) collected between 1997 and 2006 in the framework of different st...

First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) from Europe and further data on its distribution

First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus from Europe and further data on its distribution in... more First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus from Europe and further data on its distribution in Asia and Africa are presented. The records from Cyprus and Syria represent an undoubtedly new evidence of the species in the respective countries. Furthermore, besides the implied presence of Cimex lectularius on humans, this is also the first record of the family in Spain. Cacodmus vicinus appears to be a host-specific parasite associated with Pipistrellus kuhlii and, therefore, its distribution fits inside the range of distribution of the bat host. Together with a record from Jordan, at least one of the collections from Spain represent the only records from another bat host species, Pipistrellus pipistrellus s.l. We confirmed the species determination using the barcoding fragment of cytochrome oxidase subunit I. The molecular data suggested population structuring due to geographic distances.

Los murciélagos cavernícolas del Parque Natural Los Alcornocales y el porqué de las medidas compensatorias

Almoraima, 2002

Stricticimex Ferris & Usinger, 1957 (Heteroptera: Cimicidae): first record of this genus in Europe

by Juan Quetglas and Antonio Jesús Reina-Muñoz

Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d`Historia Natural, 2024

Seasonal Variation in Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values of Bats Reflect Environmental Baselines

PLOS ONE, Feb 20, 2015

The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wi... more The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wildlife diets and analyze food chains. Changes in an animal's isotopic values over time are generally assumed to indicate diet shifts or, less frequently, physiological changes. Although plant isotopic values are known to correlate with climatic seasonality, only a few studies restricted to aquatic environments have investigated whether temporal isotopic variation in consumers may also reflect environmental baselines through trophic propagation. We modeled the monthly variation in carbon and nitrogen isotope values in whole blood of four insectivorous bat species occupying different foraging niches in southern Spain. We found a common pattern of isotopic variation independent of feeding habits, with an overall change as large as or larger than one trophic step. Physiological changes related to reproduction or to fat deposition prior to hibernation had no effect on isotopic variation, but juvenile bats had higher δ 13 C and δ 15 N values than adults. Aridity was the factor that best explained isotopic variation: bat blood became enriched in both 13 C and 15 N after hotter and/or drier periods. Our study is the first to show that consumers in terrestrial ecosystems reflect seasonal environmental dynamics in their isotope values. We highlight the danger of misinterpreting stable isotope data when not accounting for seasonal isotopic baselines in food web studies. Understanding how environmental seasonality is integrated in animals' isotope values will be crucial for developing reliable methods to use stable isotopes as dietary tracers.

Contribution to the fauna of chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) parasitizing bats in Spain

Acarologia

Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. ... more Four chigger mite species were collected from different bat hosts in several provinces of Spain. Leptotrombidium europaeum (Daniel and Brelih, 1959) and Ascoschoengastia latyshevi (Schluger, 1955) has been recorded for the first time on bats; Leptotrombidium russicum (Oudemans, 1902), A. latyshevi and Willmannium cavus moldaviensis Kudryashova, 1992 have been recorded for the first time from Spain. The latter record represents also the first finding of the genus Willmannium Vercammen-Grandjean and Langston, 1976 in Western Europe.

First captures of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1832) (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

In April 1999 a female of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1883) was captured on Nyctalus la... more In April 1999 a female of Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus (Curtis, 1883) was captured on Nyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Seville, Spain. In July 2000 another female was captured on the same bat species at Doñana National Park, Almonte (Huelva, Spain). These are the first records for the Iberian Peninsula, the first records for this host species and the most south-western records for this flea.

Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Jul 1, 2021

Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal (1985) clas... more Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal (1985) classification scheme, even though it does not reflect evolutionary relationships and results in paraphyly for the main genera of soft ticks (Argasidae), namely Argas and Ornithodoros. The alternative classification scheme, proposed by Klompen and Oliver (1993), has problems of its own: most notably paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella and the controversial grouping together of the subgenera Alectorobius, Antricola, Carios, Chiropterargas, Nothoaspis, Parantricola, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus into the genus Carios. Recent phylogenetic analyses of 18S/28S rRNA sequences and mitochondrial genomes agree with the scheme of Klompen and Oliver (1993), with regard to the paraphyly of Pavlovskyella, placement of Alveonasus, Ogadenus, Proknekalia and Secretargas in the Argasinae and placement of Carios and Chiropterargas in the Ornithodorinae (Mans et al., 2019). The Carios clade and its constituent subgenera remain controversial, since the phylogenetic position of its type species Carios (Carios) vespertilionis Latreille, 1796 (formerly Argas vespertilionis) has not been determined with confidence. The current study aimed to resolve Carios sensu lato Klompen and Oliver, 1993, and Carios sensu stricto Hoogstraal, 1985, by determining and analysing phylogenetic nuclear and mitochondrial markers for C. (C.) vespertilionis. Both the nuclear and mitochondrial markers support placement of Carios s.s. within the subfamily Ornithodorinae, but to the exclusion of the clade that includes the 6 other subgenera that are part of Carios s.l. Klompen and Oliver (1993), namely Alectorobius, Antricola, Nothoaspis, Parantricola, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus. These 6 subgenera form a monophyletic clade that might be placed as new subgenera within the genus Alectorobius, or elevated to genera. Given the substantial differences in biology among these subgenera, we propose that these 6 subgenera be elevated to genera. Thus, we propose to modify the classification scheme of Mans et al. (2019) so that the subfamily Argasinae now has six genera, Alveonasus, Argas (subgenera Argas and Persicargas), Navis, Ogadenus, Proknekalia and Secretargas, and the subfamily Ornithodorinae has nine genera, Alectorobius, Antricola (subgenera Antricola and Parantricola), Carios, Chiropterargas, Nothoaspis, Ornithodoros (subgenera Microargas, Ornamentum, Ornithodoros, Pavlovskyella and Theriodoros), Otobius, Reticulinasus and Subparmatus (genera indicated in bold).

Murciélago ratonero pardo – Myotis emarginatus (É. Geoffroy, 1806)

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

New records of bats (Chiroptera) for Minorca, Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean Sea

Mammalia, 1997

First record of Myotis emarginatus in the Balearic Islands. First records for Menorca of Myotis c... more

Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), puce nouvelle pour la péninsule Ibérique (Siphon., Ischnopsyllidae)

Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 2005

Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), a new bat flea for the Iberian Peninsula (Siphonapte... more Nycteridopsylla pentactena (Kolenati, 1856), a new bat flea for the Iberian Peninsula (Siphonaptera, Ischnopsyllidae). Four genera of Ischnopsyllidae (bat fleas) are present in Europe : Ischnopsyllus, Rhinolopho-psylla, Araeopsylla and Nycteridopsylla. All but Nycteridopsylla have been recorded in Spain several times, specially Ischnopsyllus. On the other hand, only two records of this genus are available : N. longiceps (reported from Madrid in 1948) and N. ancyluris (captured in Teruel in 1977), both from Pipistrellus bats. N. pentactena (Kolenati, 1856) is here recorded from Sevilla (Spain) for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula, in March 2001 . It is also the third record for the genus. Both host, Eptesicus serotinus, and winter date are typical.

Bat-infesting chiggers (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of the Balearic Islands and new data on the genus Trisetica Traub et Evans, 1950

Folia Parasitologica, 2019

A sample of chigger mites from bat hosts collected in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean... more A sample of chigger mites from bat hosts collected in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean Sea) is found to include two species. These are the first records of bat-infesting chiggers identified to species in Spain. Chiggers collected from Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl) in Menorca are identified as Oudemansidium komareki

Rastros y señales de murciélagos ibéricos (Chiroptera)

Galemys, 2005

... La biblio-thèque du naturaliste. Delachaux et Niestlé, Lausanne-Paris. 268 pp. BALMORI, A. (2... more

Libro rojo de los vertebrados amenazados de Andaluc��a

Murciélagos ratoneros grises – Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817) / Myotis escalerai Cabrera 1904

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

The bat fHes of the Balearic Islands (Insecta: Diptera: Nycteribiidae)

The faunal composition, the distribution, and the host associations of the ectoparasitic bat flie... more

RESEARCH ARTICLE Seasonal Variation in Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values of Bats Reflect Environmental Baselines

The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wi... more The stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of animal tissues is commonly used to trace wildlife diets and analyze food chains. Changes in an animal’s isotopic values over time are generally assumed to indicate diet shifts or, less frequently, physiological changes. Although plant isotopic values are known to correlate with climatic seasonality, only a few studies restricted to aquatic environments have investigated whether temporal isotopic varia-tion in consumers may also reflect environmental baselines through trophic propaga-tion. We modeled the monthly variation in carbon and nitrogen isotope values in whole blood of four insectivorous bat species occupying different foraging niches in southern Spain. We found a common pattern of isotopic variation independent of feeding habits, with an overall change as large as or larger than one trophic step. Physiological changes related to reproduction or to fat deposition prior to hibernation had no effect on isotopic variation, bu...

Discovery of an ebolavirus-like filovirus in europe, PLoS Pathog. 7: e1002304

Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural inf... more Filoviruses, amongst the most lethal of primate pathogens, have only been reported as natural infections in sub-Saharan Africa and the Philippines. Infections of bats with the ebolaviruses and marburgviruses do not appear to be associated with disease. Here we report identification in dead insectivorous bats of a genetically distinct filovirus, provisionally named Lloviu virus, after the site of detection, Cueva del Lloviu, in Spain.

Murciélago ratonero ibérico – Myotis escalerai Cabrera, 1904

Mamiferos - Orden Quiroptera - Familia Vespertilionidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados... more

Predación de culebra de herradura sobre murciélago ratonero mediano en Tarifa (Cádiz, Andalucía)

Presencia en la Península Ibérica de una pulga africana de murciélagos: Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata arabs (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) y otras nuevas citas de pulgas de murciélagos para España y Marruecos

Resumen Se presentan los resultados obtenidos del analisis de las pulgas parasitas de murcielagos... more Resumen Se presentan los resultados obtenidos del analisis de las pulgas parasitas de murcielagos (Ischnopsyllidae) recolectadas por los autores entre 1997 y 2006, y de la reexaminacion de ejemplares de museo de identificacion dudosa. Se aportan nuevas localidades en la Peninsula Iberica, islas de Menorca e Ibiza y Marruecos de las pulgas Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata unipectinata, R. u. arabs, Ischnopsyllus intermedius, I. octactenus, I. elongatus, Nycteridopsylla pentactena y Araeopsylla gestroi sobre los murcielagos Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, R. euryale, , Eptesicus isabellinus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, P. pipistrellus/pygmaeus, Nyctalus leisleri, N. lasiopterus, Tadarida teniotis y Plecotus sp . Destaca el hallazgo en dos localidades de Andalucia de R. u. arabs , subespecie conocida hasta ahora solo en el norte de Africa. Palabras clave: Chiroptera, ectoparasitos. Abstract We present data of bat-fleas (Ischnopsyllidae) collected between 1997 and 2006 in the framework of different st...

First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus (Heteroptera: Cimicidae) from Europe and further data on its distribution

First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus from Europe and further data on its distribution in... more First records of the bat bug Cacodmus vicinus from Europe and further data on its distribution in Asia and Africa are presented. The records from Cyprus and Syria represent an undoubtedly new evidence of the species in the respective countries. Furthermore, besides the implied presence of Cimex lectularius on humans, this is also the first record of the family in Spain. Cacodmus vicinus appears to be a host-specific parasite associated with Pipistrellus kuhlii and, therefore, its distribution fits inside the range of distribution of the bat host. Together with a record from Jordan, at least one of the collections from Spain represent the only records from another bat host species, Pipistrellus pipistrellus s.l. We confirmed the species determination using the barcoding fragment of cytochrome oxidase subunit I. The molecular data suggested population structuring due to geographic distances.

Los murciélagos cavernícolas del Parque Natural Los Alcornocales y el porqué de las medidas compensatorias

Almoraima, 2002

Histoplasmosis in Spain? Negative in antibodies in a biologist after 20 years working with bats. (In Spanish) / ¿Histoplasmosis en España? Negativo en anticuerpos en un biólogo tras 20 años trabajando con murciélagos.

by Juan Quetglas and Buitrago Serna

La histoplasmosis es una enfermedad de humanos y otros mamíferos causada por el hongo dimórfico H... more La histoplasmosis es una enfermedad de humanos y otros mamíferos causada por el hongo dimórfico Histoplasma capsulatum. Aparece naturalmente como un saprófito del suelo en áreas relativamente cálidas y húmedas. Su desarrollo se potencia mediante material orgánico apropiado como las heces de aves o murciélagos. La infección ocurre por inhalación de las esporas, que son fácilmente suspendidas en el aire al mover depósitos fecales secos, habiendo muchos casos en América de contagio de espeleólogos y otras personas que frecuentaban cuevas y minas con colonias de murciélagos [1]. No es posible el contagio directo entre personas.[2]
En 2013 un biólogo especializado en murciélagos sufrió durante muchos meses distintos síntomas parecidos a neumonías partiendo de una sensación parecida al asma que no respondía ante antihistamínicos. Sus dos hijos también presentaron en un momento dado síntomas de neumonía por lo que se barajó la posibilidad de una tuberculosis contagiada entre la familia, que se descartó mediante los análisis correspondientes.
España es considerada como zona libre de histoplasmosis, pero el hongo se supone de distribución cosmopolita [3]. Los datos sobre presencia en Europa son escasos y muy dudosos. No se ha dado histoplasmosis entre espeleólogos ibéricos, pero en el sujeto afectado se daba el caso de que todas las expediciones a cuevas se hacían precisamente a las zonas con murciélagos, donde se permanecía durante el trabajo con éstos animales.
El conocimiento de un artículo de una revista sin revisores que afirmaba haber encontrado H. capsulatum en una cueva de la provincia de Málaga [4] en la que también había estado el biólogo animó a salir de dudas y se analizó la presencia de anticuerpos en sangre con resultado negativo.
El análisis de muestras de guano y suelos implica un laboratorio de bioseguridad de nivel 3, lo que complica mucho el estudio de éste hongo. Nuestros resultados de anticuerpos ayudan sugiriendo la ausencia de H. capsulatum en guano de murciélagos en Andalucía y la dificultad de contraer aquí histoplasmosis en estos casos teóricos de riesgo.

Agradecimientos: A la Biblioteca Mundial de Murciélagos de Ginebra por la facilitación de bibliografía. La detección de anticuerpos se hizo en el Centro Nacional de Microbiología.

Referencias:
[1] Denny G. Constantine. Health Precautions for Bat Researchers. In “Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats”. T.H. Kunz ed. (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988).
[2] Buitrago, M.J. & M. Cuenca-Estrella. 2011. Epidemiología actual y diagnóstico de laboratorio de las micosis endémicas en España. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. Doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2011.09.014
[3] http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/histoplasmosis/causes.html
[4] Jose Luis Fernández, “Hongo Encontrado por el G.E.V. en la Cueva de Yeso III (Antequera, Málaga”. Espeleo nº 21, Bio-Espeleo, 54-55, 2009. Pictures of the fungus:http://micologia.mcnetworks.org/forums/Missatge.asp?MIId=301379

Cerramiento de cavidades compatible con los murciélagos. Caves gatting suitable for bats

Uno de los factores más importantes que han incidido en el claro declive de las poblaciones de mu... more Uno de los factores más importantes que han incidido en el claro declive de las poblaciones de murciélagos cavernícolas europeas es la pérdida de refugios que ofrecen buenas condiciones para ser usados por los murciélagos. El cerramiento de las
cavidades para diversos fines (turísticos, protección de yacimientos arqueológicos, seguridad, etc.) puede llevar a la desaparición del limitado número de refugios disponibles. Incluso con la mejor voluntad en estas obras no se suele tener en cuenta el valor
biológico de la cavidad y con frecuencia se instalan protecciones que modifican de forma importante el microclima interior o que simplemente impiden el paso libre a los murciélagos con el consiguiente abandono del refugio. Presentamos aquí diversos
tipos de cerramientos indicando su adecuación para los murciélagos cavernícolas, con ejemplos recogidos en Andalucía:

Cuevavirus, un nuevo género viral en la familia Filoviridae

Atlas de distribución de los murciélagos troglófilos de Andalucía/Distribution of cave-dweling bats in Andalusia.

by Jose Antonio Garrido García and Juan Quetglas

Distribution of cave-dweling bats in Andalusia. Cite as Garrido-García, J. A.; C. Ibáñez, J. Nog... more Distribution of cave-dweling bats in Andalusia.
Cite as Garrido-García, J. A.; C. Ibáñez, J. Nogueras Montiel, A. Fijo, J. Juste, E. Migens, J. Queglas y C. Ruiz (2010): Una década de estudio de los murciélagos cavernícolas en Andalucía: Distribución, densidad y estado de conservación de los murciélagos de los géneros Rhinolophus, Myotis, Plecotus, Barbastella y Miniopterus, 1993-2005. II Jornadas SECEMU, La Coruña. Poster

Los murciélagos troglófilos en Andalucía/The cave-dweling bats in Andalusia (South of Spain).

by Jose Antonio Garrido García and Juan Quetglas

General analisis of the bat fauna in underground shelters. CITE AS: Garrido-García, J. A.; C. Ib... more General analisis of the bat fauna in underground shelters.
CITE AS: Garrido-García, J. A.; C. Ibáñez, A. Fijo, E. Migens, J. Nogueras y J. Quetglas (2008): Los quirópteros cavernícolas de Andalucía. Pp. 58 – 65 en J. M. Calaforra y J. A. Berrocal (Eds.): El karst de Andalucía, Geología, Bioespeleogía y Presencia Humana. Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía-Federación Andaluza de Espeleología, Sevilla.

Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados Amenazados de Andalucía - Quirópteros

Romero Zarco, P., Boyero Gallardo, J.R., García Rodríguez, L., Garrido García, J.A., Ibáñez Ularg... more Romero Zarco, P., Boyero Gallardo, J.R., García Rodríguez, L., Garrido García, J.A., Ibáñez Ulargui, C., Juste Ballesta, J., Migens Maqueda, E., Quetglas Santos, J. y Ruiz Benavides, C.(2001). Fichas de Quirópteros (pags 223-240) en Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados Amenazados de Andalucía. Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía. 336 pp