A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia

Orlova, Maria V.; Viskontene, Alex L.; Korzikov, Vyacheslav A.; Zabashta, Marina V.; Zabashta, Alexey V.; Kruskop, Sergei V.; Smirnov, Dmitriy G.; Malyavina, Maria S.; Pavlov, Alexandr V.; Orlov, Oleg L.; Mishchenko, Vladimir A.; Vyalykh, Ivan V.; Boyarintsev, Daniel I.; Kuzminov, Iliya V.; Bryutova, Ksenia; Khizhkin, Evgeniy A.; Larchanka, Aleksandra I.; Shapkin, Oleg A.; Vinogradova, Elizaveta A.; Dolgova, Irina G.; Sakharov, Sergei P.

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A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia

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Maria V. Orlova

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Alex L. Viskontene

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Vyacheslav A. Korzikov

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Marina V. Zabashta

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Alexey V. Zabashta

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Sergei V. Kruskop

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Dmitriy G. Smirnov

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Maria S. Malyavina

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Alexandr V. Pavlov

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Oleg L. Orlov

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Vladimir A. Mishchenko

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Ivan V. Vyalykh

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Daniel I. Boyarintsev

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Iliya V. Kuzminov

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Ksenia Bryutova

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Evgeniy A. Khizhkin

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Aleksandra I. Larchanka

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Oleg A. Shapkin

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Elizaveta A. Vinogradova

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Irina G. Dolgova

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Sergei P. Sakharov

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Department of Mobilization Training of Health Care and Disaster Medicine, Tyumen State Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, Russia

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Department of Research and Production Laboratory of Engineering Surveys and Environmental Technologies, National Research Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia

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Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections ‘Virome’ of Rospotrebnadzor, 620030 Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Laboratory for the Study of Parasitic Arthropods, Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Science, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Science Team for the Development of New Methods of Zoonotic Diseases Diagnostics, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, 111123 Moscow, Russia

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FBUZ Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in Kaluga Region, 248018 Kaluga, Russia

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Department of Epidemiology, «Rostov-on-Don Antiplague Scientific Research Institute» of Rospotrebnadzor, 344002 Rostov-on-Don, Russia

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Zoological Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 125009 Moscow, Russia

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Department of Zoology and Ecology, Penza State University, 440026 Penza, Russia

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Muromtsevskaya Secondary School, 601384 Muromtsevo, Russia

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Department of Biochemistry Named after A. Byshevskiy, Tyumen State Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, Russia

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Federal Scientific Research Institute of Viral Infections Virome of Federal Service for Surveilance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, 620030 Ekaterinburg, Russia

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Laboratory of Metabolic and Cellular Engineering, Tyumen State Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, Russia

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Department of Biology, Institute of Fundamental Medicine, Tyumen State Medical University, 625023 Tyumen, Russia

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Laboratory of Animal Ecophysiology, Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IB KarRC RAS), 185910 Petrozavodsk, Russia

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Institute of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Petrozavodsk State University, 185910 Petrozavodsk, Russia

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia

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Federal State Budgetary Institution “Darwin State Nature Biosphere Reserve”, 162723 Borok, Russia

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Department of Zoology and Physiology, Tver State University, 170002 Tver, Russia

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Diversity 2025, 17(6), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060419 (registering DOI)

Submission received: 15 May 2025 / Revised: 27 May 2025 / Accepted: 30 May 2025 / Published: 13 June 2025

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Taxonomy, Epidemiology, Evolution and Phylogeny of Common Ectoparasites of Vertebrates: Siphonaptera and Acari)

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Abstract

Eighteen flea species of four genera associated with bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae, Rhinolophidae, Miniopteridae, Molossidae) are registered in Russia, based on a literature review as well as our own data. They are as follows: Myodopsylla trisellis, Ischnopsyllus (Ischnopsyllus) dolosus, Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus, Ischnopsyllus (I.) intermedius, Ischnopsyllus (I.) plumatus, Ischnopsyllus (I.) needhami, Ischnopsyllus (I.) obscurus, Ischnopsyllus (I.) octactenus, Ischnopsyllus (I.) simplex, Ischnopsyllus (I.) variabilis, Ischnopsyllus (Hexactenopsylla) hexactenus, Ischnopsyllus (H.) petropolitanus, Ischnopsyllus (H.) ussuriensis, Ischnopsyllus (H.) comans, Nycteridopsylla pentactena, Nycteridopsylla longiceps, Nycteridopsylla eusarca, Rhinolophopsylla unipectinata unipectinata. Ischnopsyllus (I.) elongatus and Ischnopsyllus (I.) octactenus were recorded in Kaluga Region and Vladimir Region for the first time. Ischnopsyllus (I.) variabilis in Kaluga Region is a newly documented find. Studied bat flea fauna exhibits a distinctly Western Palearctic appearance.

Keywords: Ischnopsyllus; Myodopsylla; Nycteridopsylla; Rhinolophopsylla; bats; Russia

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Orlova, M.V.; Viskontene, A.L.; Korzikov, V.A.; Zabashta, M.V.; Zabashta, A.V.; Kruskop, S.V.; Smirnov, D.G.; Malyavina, M.S.; Pavlov, A.V.; Orlov, O.L.; et al. A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia. Diversity 2025, 17, 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060419

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Orlova MV, Viskontene AL, Korzikov VA, Zabashta MV, Zabashta AV, Kruskop SV, Smirnov DG, Malyavina MS, Pavlov AV, Orlov OL, et al. A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia. Diversity. 2025; 17(6):419. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060419

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Orlova, Maria V., Alex L. Viskontene, Vyacheslav A. Korzikov, Marina V. Zabashta, Alexey V. Zabashta, Sergei V. Kruskop, Dmitriy G. Smirnov, Maria S. Malyavina, Alexandr V. Pavlov, Oleg L. Orlov, and et al. 2025. "A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia" Diversity 17, no. 6: 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060419

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Orlova, M. V., Viskontene, A. L., Korzikov, V. A., Zabashta, M. V., Zabashta, A. V., Kruskop, S. V., Smirnov, D. G., Malyavina, M. S., Pavlov, A. V., Orlov, O. L., Mishchenko, V. A., Vyalykh, I. V., Boyarintsev, D. I., Kuzminov, I. V., Bryutova, K., Khizhkin, E. A., Larchanka, A. I., Shapkin, O. A., Vinogradova, E. A., ... Sakharov, S. P. (2025). A Review of Bat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) from Russia. Diversity, 17(6), 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17060419

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