New records of arthropod ectoparasites of bats from North-Eastern Algeria

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Eight species of ectoparasites were recovered from nine bat species in north-eastern Algeria.

Seven species belong to class Insecta and two species belong to class Arachnida.

Insecta is represented by three orders namely, Diptera, Hemiptera and Siphonaptera.

Two species of dipteran ectoparisites identified as Phthiridium biarticulata and Brachytarsina falvipinnis, belongs to Streblidae and Nycteribiidae, respectively.

Order Hemiptera was represented by two species (Cimex pipistrellus and Cimex lectularius).

One species of Siphonaptera was identified as Ischnopsyllus octactenus.

Two species of arachnids were identified as Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Spinturnix myoti.