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Parasites of the Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis, Myotis blythii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from Zanjan Province, Northwest IranDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4627.1, PP. 312-313 Subject Areas: Ecosystem Science, Evolutionary Studies, Environmental Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Biodiversity, Paleontology, Parasitology, Animal Behavior Keywords: "Vespertilionidae","Myotis blythii","lesser mouse-eared bat","parasite","Nematoda","Hymenolepis rhinopomae","Cestoda","Molinostrongylus alatus","Diptera","Penicillidia dufourdi","mite", "Spinturnix andegavinus","Zanjan","Iran" Abstract Eighteen lesser mouse-eared bats, Myotis blythii (Tomes 1857) (Vespertilionidae) from Zanjan Province, Iran, were examined for parasites and found to harbor one species of Cestoda, Hymenolepis rhinopomae; one species of Nematoda, Molinostrongylus alatus; one species of Diptera, Penicillidia dufourdi; and one species of mite, Spinturnix andegavinus. Myotis blythii represents a new host record for Hymenolepis rhinopomae, and Iran is a new locality record for Molinostrongylus alatus. Hemmati", ". , Rezazadeh", ". , Kiabi", ". H. , Hemmati", ". , Molavi", ". , Radd", ". K. and Bursey", ". R. (2013). Parasites of the Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis, Myotis blythii (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from Zanjan Province, Northwest Iran. Comparative Parasitology, e5964. doi: http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4627.1.
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