@conference{
editor = "Vasiljević, Branka, Patenković, Aleksandra, Nikolić, Nađa",
author = "Bajić, Branka and van Schaik, Jaap and Budinski, Ivana and Blagojević, Jelena",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Bats (Chiroptera) can differ widely in their social organisaton, from living in small groups
to large colonies countng several thousands of individuals. Such ecological differences
can lead to drastc discrepancies in the populaton dynamics of parasites they carry.
European bat species are infected by a wide range of specialized ectoparasites. Bat flies
(Diptera: Hippoboscoidea – fam. Nycteribiidae) and wing-mites (Acari: Mesostgmata - fam.
Spinturnicidae) differ strongly in their phenology and life-histories. The objectve of this study
was to characterize the species assemblage, genetc diversity and host specifcity of bat flies
and mites collected from two cavernicolous bat species commonly found in Serbia, which
have different migraton potentals, and can be found both separate and in shared roosts.
A total of 219 flies and 205 mite specimens were collected from the common bentwing
bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) and greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) at
eight localites in Serbia and one in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Flies were morphologically
identfed and all samples were sequenced for a single mitochondrial gene (16S in mites
and COI in flies), allowing for a comparison of within and between-colony genetc diversity
among the dominant ectoparasite species in the sample (Nycteribia schmidlii, Phthiridium
biartculatum, Spinturnix psi and Eyndhovenia euryalis). Notably, all ectoparasite species
showed marked specifcity towards their primary hosts, even in roosts that were shared
by both bat host-species. Additonally, this data consttutes some of the frst reference
sequences for commonly used barcoding sequence fragments for several of the investgated
species.",
publisher = "Belgrade: Serbian Genetic Society",
journal = "6th Congress of the Serbian genetic society; 2019 Oct 13-17; Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia",
title = "Genetic diversity of bat-flies and mites in two cave-dwelling bat species in Serbia",
pages = "175",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_4268"
}