Publications
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| aggregation behavior and reproductive compatibility in the family cimicidae. | bed bugs (cimex lectularius) provide a unique opportunity to understand speciation and host-associated divergence in parasites. recently, two sympatric but genetically distinct lineages of c. lectularius were identified: one associated with humans and one associated with bats. we investigated two mechanisms that could maintain genetic differentiation in the field: reproductive compatibility (via mating crosses) and aggregation fidelity (via two-choice sheltering assays). effects were assessed at ... | 2017 | 29030574 |
| phylogenetic analyses of bat-associated bugs (hemiptera: cimicidae: cimicinae and cacodminae) indicate two new species close to cimex lectularius. | bats are regarded as the primary (ancestral) hosts of bugs of the family cimicidae. the historically and economically most important species in the family is the common bedbug (cimex lectularius), because of its worldwide occurrence and association with humans. this molecular-phylogenetic study was initiated in order to expand the knowledge on the phylogeny of cimicid bugs of bats, by investigating samples from hungary, romania (representing central-eastern europe) and two further countries (sou ... | 2017 | 28934957 |
| bat ectoparasites (nycteribiidae, streblidae, siphonaptera, heteroptera, mesostigmata, argasidae, and ixodidae) from algeria. | twenty two species of ectoparasites (family nycteribiidae: nycteribia (listropoda) schmidlii schmidlii, nycteribia (nycteribia) latreillii, nycteribia (nycteribia) pedicularia, penicillidia (penicillidia) dufourii, and phthiridium biarticulatum; family streblidae: brachytarsina (brachytarsina) flavipennis and raymondia huberi; order siphonaptera: rhinolophopsylla unipectinata arabs, nycteridopsylla longiceps, araeopsylla gestroi, ischnopsyllus intermedius, and ischnopsyllus octactenus; order het ... | 2017 | 28504443 |
| investigation of the midgut structure and ultrastructure in cimex lectularius and cimex pipistrelli (hemiptera: cimicidae). | cimicidae are temporary ectoparasites, which means that they cannot obtain food continuously. both cimex species examined here, cimex lectularius (linnaeus 1758) and cimex pipistrelli (jenyns 1839), can feed on a non-natal host, c. lectularius from humans on bats, c. pipistrelli on humans, but never naturally. the midgut of c. lectularius and c. pipistrelli is composed of three distinct regions-the anterior midgut (amg), which has a sack-like shape, the long tube-shaped middle midgut (mmg), and ... | 2017 | 27553718 |
| recolonization of bat roost by bat bugs (cimex pipistrelli): could parasite load be a cause of bat roost switching? | roost ectoparasites are believed to have a negative impact on fitness of their hosts as birds or mammals. previous studies were mostly focussed on the synchronization between reproduction cycles of ectoparasites and hosts living in infested roosts. however, to date, it has not been examined how fast ectoparasites colonize new, non-infested roosts and thus increasing the impact on the local populations of hosts. the parasite-host model was studied, including bat bugs cimex pipistrelli and soprano ... | 2013 | 23385971 |
| extensive fragmentation of the x chromosome in the bed bug cimex lectularius linnaeus, 1758 (heteroptera, cimicidae): a survey across europe. | variation in the number of chromosomes was revealed in 61 samples of cimex lectularius linnaeus, 1758 from the czech republic and other european countries, hosted on myotis kaup, 1829 (4) and homo sapiens linnaeus, 1758 (57). the karyotype of all the specimens of cimex lectularius analysed contained 26 autosomes and a varying number of the sex chromosomes. the number of sex chromosomes showed extensive variation, and up to 20 fragments were recorded. altogether, 12 distinct karyotypes were disti ... | 2013 | 24455100 |
| bat bugs (cimex pipistrelli) and their impact on non-dwelling bats. | bat bugs are often roost ectoparasites of bats. previous studies have shown that bats shifting roosts within the growing season prevent the massive reproduction of these parasites. we postulated that there could be other antiparasitic strategies of philopatric bats roosting in non-dwelling spacious roosts. unfortunately, there are no studies devoted to such a topic. for 3 years, two attics highly and less infested by bat bugs (cimex pipistrelli) with breeding females of myotis myotis were monito ... | 2012 | 22622688 |
| survival rate of bat bugs (cimex pipistrelli, heteroptera) under different microclimatic conditions. | survival of facultative ectoparasites, e.g. bed bugs (cimex spp.), is more intensely affected by climatic factors, namely temperature, than that of permanent ectoparasites. the ontogenetic time of the bat bug (cimex pipistrelli) in bat roosts is limited by different survival rates under different temperatures in particular nymphal stages. this limitation could affect bug densities and cause asynchrony between the ectoparasite and bat reproductive cycle. therefore, bug survival under different te ... | 2010 | 20544221 |
| cimex pipistrelli (heteroptera, cimicidae) and the dispersal propensity of bats: an experimental study. | previous results have shown frequent movements of crevice-dwelling bats between different shelters. low roost fidelity of some dwelling bat species reduces the reproductive success of ectoparasites. the question of whether high densities of bat bugs (cimex pipistrelli) represent a cost for crevice-dwelling bats (pipistrellus pygmaeus), resulting in roost switching, has been examined. sessions in a volary equipped with two bat boxes were carried out. one of the boxes was loaded with ectoparasites ... | 2008 | 18791740 |
| seasonal dynamics in the numbers of parasitic bugs (heteroptera, cimicidae): a possible cause of roost switching in bats (chiroptera, vespertilionidae). | the objective of the present paper is to extend the knowledge of roosting strategies of bats and the interaction of bats with their roost ectoparasites, the bat bugs cimex pipistrelli. the project was focussed on the potential causality of bat movements and the variation in bug numbers. for 2 years, three model bat boxes with breeding female pipistrellus pygmaeus were monitored inside floodplain forest. after the arrival of bats in may, adults and first instars of bugs were observed in the boxes ... | 2007 | 17216242 |
| trypanosoma (megatrypanum) incertum from pipistrellus pipistrellus: development and transmission by cimicid bugs. | trypanosoma (megatrypanum) incertum pittaluga 1905 was found in 33 out of 206 pipistrellus pipistrellus caught at various sites in britain. the trypanosome is described from blood smears. development took place in laboratory-reared cimex pipistrelli and cimex lectularius. epimastigote forms initially multiplied rapidly in the ventriculus and midgut of cimex. metacyclic trypanosomes were found in the rectum of both species of cimex after 8 days when bugs were maintained at 20 degrees c and as ear ... | 1988 | 3405632 |
| schizotrypanum in british bats. | two species of schizotrypanum, t. (s.) dionisii and t. (s.) vespertilionis, were identified from british bats. laboratory studies on stocks of isolated trypanosomes from 5 species of bat (pipistrellus pipistrellus, nyctalus leisleri, n. noctula, eptesicus serotinus and myotis brandti) indicated that the predominant species was t. d. dionisii. collections and dissection of the bat bug cimex pipistrelli from bat roosts revealed flagellate infection in a total of 12 out of 20 bugs; 7 of these bugs ... | 1988 | 3174237 |