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3.3 ECTOPARASITES by: Jan Boshamer During the workshop in Slovakia almost all bats that were captured were examined for parasites. Bats, mostly the species that form large colonies in hollow trees and caves, appear to be visited by large quantities of ectoparasites. During our 2004 workshop in Slovenia som experience has been gained with harvesting parasites from bats. The goal of harvesting ectoparasites is to find out which species are present on bats, which bats accommodate the most parasites, and to see if there is a difference in parasites found on bats living in trees or living in caves. Also it is interesting to find out if the sex of the bats makes any difference in the presence of parasites. For Peter Kaňuch the ectoparasites on Leisler’s bats were important. This species forms an important part of his research on bat species living in woods in the vicinity of the Pol’ana district. In the course of time a protocol has been established in which ectoparasites are collected. First the species, the sex, the age and the sexual status of the bat are determined. After recording these findings the presence of parasites is checked. Parasites are taken off with a pointed pair of tweezers and put in an Eppendorf filled with alcohol. Especially the border of the ears, the fur and the wing membrane are checked. The ectoparasites gathered were determined in Slovakia by two specialists requested by Peter Kaňuch: J. Krištofík and P. Mašán are warmly thanked for their contribution in this research. In Table 3 you can find which parasite species were found on each bat species. These parasites can be divided into two main groups: − Mites: genus Spinturnix, Steatonyssus, Macronyssus and Ornithonyssus. − Batflies: genus Ischnopsyllus. These batflies are mostly present on the species that live in caves. BAT BAT SPECIES SPECIES GENDER GENDER DATE DATE ECTOPARASITE ECTOPARASITE SPECIES SPECIES DETERMINATOR DETERMINATOR Barbastella barbastellus female lact. 28-07-2005 Spinturnix punctata 1M, 1F, 1N J. Krištofík Plecotus auritus female lact. 13-07-2005 Spinturnix plecotinus 1F, 1N J. Krištofík Barbastella barbastellus female lact. 05-08-2005 Spinturnix punctata 4N J. Krištofík Plecotus austriacus female lact. 28-07-2005 Spinturnix plecotinus 2 N J. Krištofík Myotis myotis male 28-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 2MM, 1F, 3 N J. Krištofík Eptesicus nilsonii female lact. 28-07-2005 Ischnopsyllus intermedius 1M J. Krištofík Not recorded not recorded unknown Spinturnix kolenatii 1 M J. Krištofík Eptesicus nilsonii female 30-07-2005 Spinturnix kolenati 7 FF J. Krištofík Vespertilio murinus male 27-07-2005 Ischnopsyllus intermedius 1 M J. Krištofík Eptesicus nilsonii female lact. 02-08-2005 Spinturnix kolenatii 1 M, 4 FF J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 29-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 2 FF J. Krištofík Myotis daubentonii not recorded 02-08-2005 Spinturnix andegavinis 1 N J. Krištofík Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 02-08-2005 Ischnopsyllus variabilis 1 F J. Krištofík Barbastella barbastellus not recorded 31-07-2005 Spinturnix punctata 2 MM J. Krištofík Myotis daubentonii not recorded 29-07-2005 Spinturnix andegavinus 3MM, 1 F, J. Krištofík Myotis daubentonii not recorded 02-08-2005 Spinturnix andegavinus 1M, 2N J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 29-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 3FF J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 29-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 2 N J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 1 M, 3FF J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 3 FF J. Krištofík Mypotis nattereri not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 1 M, 1 F, 3N J. Krištofík Barbastella barbastellus not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix punctata 1M, 1 F J. Krištofík Plecotus auritus not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix plecotinus 1M J. Krištofík Myotis myotis not recorded 28-07-2005 Spinturnix myoti 1 M, 1 F. 3 N J. Krištofík Plecotus auritus not recorded 27-07-2005 Spinturnix plecotinus 1M J. Krištofík Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 28-07-2005 Steatonyssus spinosus 1PN P. Mašán Plecotus auritus not recorded 27-07 2005 Macronyssus flavus 1PN P. Mašán Myotis myotis not recorded 28-07-2005 Macronyssus flavus 1PN P. Mašán Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 29-07-2005 Macronyssus flavus 1 M, 1PN P. Mašán Barbastella barbastellus not recorded 05-08-2005 Ornithonyssus pipistrelli 2 PN P. Mašán Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 02-08-2005 Steatonyssus spinosus 1 F, 1PN P. Mašán Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 30-07-2005 Steatonyssus spinotus 1F P. Mašán Not recorded not recorded unknown Macronyssus flavus 1M, 1F P. Mašán Nyctalus leisleri not recorded 30-07-2005 Macronyssus flavus 4 PN P. Mašán Table 3. Ectoparasites found on (captivated) bats. PN=protonymph, N=nymph, M=male, F=female. 18 Dutch Mammal Society
4 NON-FLYING MAMMALS 4.1 LIVE TRAPPING by: Rob Koelman A returning part of the workshops is the capturing of small terrestrial mammals with the aid of live traps. During the workshop in Pol’ana there were catches made on seven different locations, of which two were subdivided into two lines of traps. 282 captures were made, which gained no less than twelve species of small terrestrial mammals. An overview of the number of captures per species and per line is given in Table 4. In appendix 2 a description of the location of the captures is given. Mus musculus. SPECIES SPECIES LINE LINE LINE A1 LINE LINE LINE A2 LINE LINE LINE B1 LINE LINE LINE B2 B2 LINE LINE LINE C LINE LINE LINE D LINE LINE LINE E LINE LINE LINE F LINE LINE LINE G TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL Sorex araneus 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 3 (3/0) Sorex minutus 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) Neomys anomalus 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 2 (2/0) 5 (5/0) Neomys fodiens 1 (1/0) 6 (5/1) 3 (3/0) 1 (1/0) 11 (10/1) Crocidura suaveolens 2 (2/0) 2 (2/0) Myodes glareolus 3 (1/2) 3 (1/2) Microtus agrestis 3 (2/1) 2 (2/0) 2 (2/0) 7 (6/1) Microtus arvalis 3 (1/2) 1 (1/0) 100 (46/54) 3 (2/1) 27 (18/9) 134 (68/66) Microtus subterraneus 3 (3/0) 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 1 (1/0) 6 (6/0) Apodemus flavicollis 33 (9/24) 1 (1/0) 2 (2/0) 6 (4/2) 15 (9/6) 1 (1/0) 58 (26/32) Apodemus sylvaticus 15 (8/7) 2 (2/0) 2 (2/0) 1 (1/0) 20 (13/7) Apodemus spec 2 (0/2) 3 (0/3) 5 (0/5) Mus musculus 4 (3/1) 23 (15/8) 27 (18/9) TOTAL TOTAL CATCH CATCHING CATCH CATCHING INGS ING 5 58 6 4 10 4 115 115 27 27 53 282 282 (159/123) (159/123) (159/123) Table 4.Number of captures per species and per line. Each time two numbers are given between brackets, the first number being the number of individuals that was captured for the first time and the second number being the number of second captures of the same individuals. Mammal survey Pol'ana (Slovakia) 2005 19 Photo: Jan Buys
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