Evaluation of Bat-Infesting Myobiidae (Acarina, Trombidiformes) as Indicators in Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Host Bats (Chiroptera)

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Availability of Myobiidae as indicators in taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses of regional bat fauna was evaluated in light of data from a karyological study of bats. The speciation of mites of the genus Neomyobia parasitic on bats of the genus Rhinolophus seemed to have made progress concordant with the chromosomal differences among the named bats. Both the speciation of mites of the genus Calcarmyobia that infest Miniopterus and the divergence of bat karyotypes were thought to evolve much more slowly if all the Miniopterus bats proposed on general gross anatomy were valid species. The mites were, however, more divergent than the karyotypes in the bats, suggesting that mites are efficient indicators in the study of bat taxonomy and phylogeny. The mites of genus Acanthophthirius parasitizing Vespertilionidae were regarded as being more sensitive indicators than karyotypes in the taxonomy of bats. The mites of the genera Acanthophthirius and Pteracarus produced a suggested phylogeny of bats of the family Vespertilionidae comparable to that proposed on the karyological study of the bats. Thus, the mites of the family Myobiidae are evaluated as indicators not less efficient than karyotypes in the taxonomy and phylogeny of bats.
社団法人日本動物学会の論文
1981-09-25