Spinturnix semilunaris de Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1944

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Spinturnix semilunaris de Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1944

Spinturnix semilunaris de Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1944: 65 .

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Material: 1 male, ex female Miniopterus arenarius , from Zone of the Southern Nations, eastern shore of the lake Chamo , 23 April 2011, leg. Denis A. Vasenkov & Leonid A. Lavrenchenko (collection ID ZMMU S-189350) .

Distribution. South Africa ( de Meillon & Lavoipierre, 1944); Angola, Central African Republic, DR Congo (as Belgian Congo – Zumpt & Till 1954), Ethiopia (this study, new record), Kenya, Saudi Arabia, South Africa (as Transvaal – Zumpt & Till 1954), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda ( Beron 2020).

Host species: Family Miniopteridae : Miniopterus natalensis ( de Meillon & Lavoipierre 1944) , Min. inflatus ( Benoit 1958a) , Min. minor ( Benoit 1958b) , Min. natalensis (as Min. schreibersi natalensis – Anciaux de Faveaux 1965), Miniopterus arenarius (this study, new record); Family Rhinolophidae : Rhinolophus h. hildebrandti ( Anciaux de Faveaux 1965).

Non-chiropteran host: Unknown.

Medical significance: Unknown.

Notes: Beron (2020) reviewed the geographic distribution and host records of this species.

Figures

Figure 3. Spinturnix semilunaris, male, ventral idiosoma.